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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| POLYMETAL INTERNATIONAL PLC | 1,186.5 | 5.1% |
| FRESNILLO PLC | 666.4 | 3.7% |
| SHELL PLC | 2,023.5 | 2.0% |
| SSE PLC | 1,584.0 | 1.9% |
| ANGLO AMERICAN PLC | 3,582.0 | 1.9% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| ROYAL MAIL PLC | 426.2 | -2.7% |
| DIAGEO PLC | 3605.0 | -2.1% |
| COMPASS GROUP PLC | 1779.0 | -2.0% |
| ELECTROCOMPONENTS PLC | 1020.0 | -1.8% |
| JD SPORTS FASHION PLC | 166.0 | -1.7% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,604 | -0.1% | 13.3% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 34,934 | -0.2% | 10.5% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,370 | -0.3% | 10.5% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 27,233 | -0.8% | -10.1% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,296 | 0.2% | 6.0% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 92.69 | -1.04% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 93.78 | -1.09% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,874 | 0.2% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 453 | -0.3% |
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The UK 100 is called to open -20 points today at 7582. A weaker open is expected this morning for the UK 100 after a mixed session for US stocks overnight and as attention turns to the UK banking sector in today's results. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones and Nasdaq declined 0.16% and 0.11% respectively, while the S&P 500 index edged up 0.09% and the small-cap Russell 2000 finished up 0.14%. Stock markets reacted positively to minutes from the latest meeting of the Federal Reserve's policy committee, which suggested there would be four interest rate hikes this year, rather than the six or seven that some were predicting.
Aveva Group reports that Q3 revenue has fallen by low single-digit rate YoY as they expect FY revenue to be in line with expectations.
Mondi are to sell their personal care components business to Nitto Denko for 615m euros.
Moneysupermarket.com report that their FY adjusted EBITDA fell 7%.
Ocado and Groupe Casino are to establish a French Joint Venture to provide logistics to retailers.
Reckitt Benckiser says it targets Like-for-Like net revenue growth of between 1-4% for 2022.
Rolls-Royce has signed a research partnership with Embraer and Wideroe aimed at creating a conceptual zero-emission regional aircraft.
Standard Chartered reported a doubling in FY pretax profit, although below analysts' forecasts, as they have benefited from a recovery in pandemic hit markets. Statutory pretax profit surged to $3.3bn in 2021 (202: $1.6bn) however this was below the $3.8bn average analysts' estimate. They also announced a $750m share buyback and credit impairment charges of $263m.
JP Morgan reinitiates IHG with Overweight (7 Buys / 11 Holds / 0 Sells)
JP Morgan reinitiates Whitbread with Overweight (11 Buys / 4 Holds / 0 Sells)
Morgan Stanley Downgrades National Grid to Equal Weight from Overweight (8 Buys / 4 Holds / 0 Sells)
Morgan Stanley Downgrades Severn Trent to Equal Weight from Overweight (1 Buy / 9 Holds / 0 Sells)
Morgan Stanley Upgrades Pennon Group to Overweight from Equal Weight (1 Buy / 9 Holds / 0 Sells)
RBC Upgrades FirstGroup to Outperform from Sector Perform (4 Buys / 5 Holds / 0 Sells)
Aveva Group
Reckitt Benckiser
Safestore Holdings
Standard Chartered
Hochschild Mining*
Moneysupermarket.com Group*
NatWest Group
Segro
TBC Bank
Economic Bulletin
US Housing Starts
US Initial Jobless Claims
Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Survey
FTSE 100:
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BP
Shell
Pershing Square Holdings
FTSE 250:
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BlackRock Throgmorton Trust
Murray Income Trust
NCC Group
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