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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| STANDARD CHARTERED PLC | 547.6 | 14.2% |
| AVEVA GROUP PLC | 2,054.0 | 6.8% |
| WHITBREAD PLC | 2,875.0 | 4.3% |
| AIRTEL AFRICA PLC | 149.1 | 4.1% |
| ELECTROCOMPONENTS PLC | 1,041.0 | 3.9% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| SAINSBURY (J) PLC | 228.7 | -4.3% |
| FRESNILLO PLC | 765.0 | -3.6% |
| ST JAMES’S PLACE PLC | 1278.5 | -2.8% |
| OCADO GROUP PLC | 911.0 | -2.0% |
| PERSHING SQUARE HOLDINGS LTD | 2755.0 | -1.6% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,509 | 1.1% | 7.9% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,916 | 1.9% | -0.4% |
| DAX INDEX | 13,980 | 1.4% | -8.6% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 26,848 | 1.8% | -7.6% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,435 | 1.1% | 5.0% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 105.82 | 0.44% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 108.60 | 0.94% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,912 | 0.9% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 449 | 1.3% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +69 points at 7574. The UK 100 looks set this morning to continue yesterday's rally, this follows on from a stellar session on Wall Street on Thursday, the Dow Jones leapt 614 points to close at 33,916 while the S&P advanced 104 points to 4,287.50. US futures however are lower after troubling updates from Amazon and Apple. In Asia today, the Japanese market is on holiday. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng is 410 points to the good at 20,686.
AstraZeneca topped analysts' expectations for Q1 profit and stood by its forecasts for 2022, as newer therapies for cancer, kidney disease and rare conditions made up for a decline in COVID-19 vaccine sales.
Hikma Pharmaceuticals sees FY core operating margin to be in the range of 36-37%.
NatWest Group reported an increase in Q1 profits, as rising interest rates and higher income boosted the lender's performance. They reported pretax profits of £1.2bn, up from £885m in the previous year. The profit was well ahead of the £755m average of analyst forecasts compiled by the bank.
Pearson backs their adjusted operating profit guidance as they report underlying sales growth of 7% in Q1. They have bought online platform Mondly to enhance their position in English language learning.
Reckitt Benckiser beat Q1 sales expectations, having increased prices to offset soaring raw material costs and flat volumes. Like-for-like sales rose 5.6%, ahead of the 1.5% growth analysts had expected.
Travis Perkins sees more uncertain outlook for building materials inflation. They state that overall cost inflation for the group was expected to remain manageable as they reported total sales in Q1 +13.6% ahead of the prior year.
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