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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| INFORMA PLC | 615.8 | 7.4% |
| ANTOFAGASTA PLC | 1,344.5 | 4.2% |
| AIRTEL AFRICA PLC | 144.0 | 3.5% |
| ASTRAZENECA PLC | 8,650.0 | 3.4% |
| POLYMETAL INTERNATIONAL PLC | 1,128.0 | 3.3% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| EVRAZ PLC | 431.7 | -3.0% |
| DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC | 3890.0 | -2.2% |
| RELX PLC | 2267.0 | -1.9% |
| INTERMEDIATE CAPITAL GROUP | 1857.0 | -1.8% |
| ROYAL MAIL PLC | 440.6 | -1.8% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,672 | 0.4% | 17.6% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 35,316 | -1.3% | 12.3% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,490 | 0.1% | 11.2% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 27,696 | 0.4% | -6.3% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,288 | 0.3% | 6.4% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 89.60 | -0.07% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 91.31 | -0.26% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,835 | 0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 465 | 0.9% |
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The UK 100 is called to open -60 points today at 7612. The UK 100 looks set for a pullback today after a week of pure positivity, this comes after US inflation rates hit 7.5% in January, accelerating at a rate faster than had been expected. US markets struggled yesterday, with the Dow Jones down 526 points (1.5%) at 35,242 and the S&P 500 off 83 points (1.8%) at 4,504. In Asia this morning, Tokyo has avoided the fall this morning, albeit through a market holiday while in Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index is down 151 points or 0.6% at 24,772.
British American Tobacco reported a 7% rise in Q4 adjusted revenue to $25.7bn as more people shifted over to e-cigarettes and oral nicotine amid health concerns during the pandemic. They also announced a dividend increase of 1.0% to 217.8p and a £2bn share repurchase programme for 2022.
Deliveroo will trial its "Deliveroo Hop" rapid grocery service with supermarket Waitrose.
GlaxoSmithKline's antibody-based COVID-19 therapy developed by GSK & Vir Biotechnology retains neutralising activity against the emerging BA.2 form of the Omicron coronavirus variant studies have found.
Tate & Lyle sees FY performance of continuing operations to be stronger as their Q3 trading was in line with expectations.
Vodafone has rejected a preliminary approach for its Italian business from Iliad and Apax partners worth more than 11bn euros.
Jefferies Downgrades Victrex to Hold from Buy (3 Buys / 6 Holds / 1 Sell)
Jefferies Upgrades Smiths Group to Buy from Hold (3 Buys / 5 Holds / 0 Sells)
Jefferies Upgrades Weir Group to Buy from Hold (7 Buys / 4 Holds / 0 Sells)
RPT/DZ Upgrades AstraZeneca to Hold from Sell (13 Buys / 3 Holds / 0 Sells)
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