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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 84.8 | 4.4% |
| BRITISH LAND CO PLC | 522.4 | 3.1% |
| SSE PLC | 1,920.0 | 2.1% |
| AVIVA PLC | 414.0 | 2.1% |
| LAND SECURITIES GROUP PLC | 754.0 | 1.5% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| OCADO GROUP PLC | 727.8 | -9.1% |
| EXPERIAN PLC | 2519.0 | -5.6% |
| JD SPORTS FASHION PLC | 124.7 | -5.4% |
| B&M EUROPEAN VALUE RETAIL SA | 440.7 | -5.4% |
| CRODA INTERNATIONAL PLC | 6524.0 | -4.8% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,438 | -1.1% | 7.0% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 31,490 | -3.6% | -7.1% |
| DAX INDEX | 14,008 | -1.3% | -7.3% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 26,403 | -1.9% | -6.0% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,065 | -1.7% | 1.9% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 110.42 | 0.76% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 110.59 | 1.36% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,814 | -0.2% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 420 | 0.4% |
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The UK 100 is called to open -55 points this morning at 7383. The UK 100 looks set to follow global markets lower this morning, following a fresh sell off on Wall Street yesterday. The Dow Jones saw a four-figure fall, dropping 3.5% to 31,490 and the S&P was down 4% at 3,923. As tech stock tumbled the Nasdaq shed another 4.7% to 11,418 and the small-cap Russell 2000 index gave up 3.5% to 1,774. In Asia this morning, Japan’s Nikkei was 1.74% lower and Hong Kong’s Heng Seng was softer still losing 2.69% to 20,088. The Shanghai Composite dipped 0.38% to 3,074.
EasyJet reports a H1 pretax loss of £557m, narrowing from £645m YoY. Their H1 revenue came in at £1.5bn, up from £240m YoY.
IAG orders 25 737-8200, 25 737-10 jets, plus 100 options from Boeing.
National Grid report that their FY22 pretax profit came in at £3.44bn, up from £1.66bn last year. They have increased their dividend to 50.97p per share. Outlook for the five-year period 2020/21 to 2025/26 is unchanged, as they expect earnings for 2022/23 to be broadly flat.
Royal Mail's FY22 pretax profit fell 8.8% YoY to £662m from £726m, as they expect their FY23 operating profit to be between 370-410m euros.
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