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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| ROYAL MAIL PLC | 315.4 | 5.1% |
| ST JAMES’S PLACE PLC | 1,235.0 | 3.9% |
| 3I GROUP PLC | 1,221.5 | 3.7% |
| ABRDN PLC | 185.5 | 3.7% |
| FLUTTER ENTERTAINMENT PLC-DI | 9,188.0 | 3.4% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| SCOTTISH MORTGAGE INV TR PLC | 737.0 | -3.0% |
| SAINSBURY (J) PLC | 232.7 | -1.8% |
| IMPERIAL BRANDS PLC | 1790.5 | -1.6% |
| B&M EUROPEAN VALUE RETAIL SA | 422.4 | -1.5% |
| STANDARD CHARTERED PLC | 586.6 | -0.7% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,390 | 1.2% | 5.3% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 31,262 | 0.0% | -8.6% |
| DAX INDEX | 13,982 | 0.7% | -9.4% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 26,739 | 1.3% | -5.6% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,146 | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 110.28 | 0.35% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 112.55 | 0.46% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,847 | 0.3% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 428 | -0.2% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +75 points this morning at 7464. The UK 100 looks set to kick off the week in a positive manner, with investors largely ignoring the stuttering start to the week in Asia. This comes after a mixed session to close out the week on Friday, The S&P finished the day 0.01% higher to 3,901.36 after falling as much as 2.3% earlier in the session. At the day’s lows, the S&P was 20.9% below its intraday high in January. The index closed about 19% below its record. The Dow Jones rose 8.77 points to 31,261.90 after being down more than 600 points at the day’s lows. The Nasdaq fell 0.3% and is already deep in bear market territory, 30% off its highs.
Kingfisher announced Q1 results this morning, the company saw Sales significantly ahead of pre-pandemic performance (3-year LFL +16.2%), supported by strong market share gains. Also announcing return of a further £300m of surplus capital via a share buyback programme; first tranche to commence soon
Moonpig group announces the proposed acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Smartbox Group UK Limited ("Buyagift"), the UK's leading gift experiences platform, for cash consideration of £124 million
Ted Baker previously announced that it had received a number of non-binding proposals from potentially interested parties and was inviting a focused selection of such parties to enter into a due diligence process. Following a review of these proposals, the Board has selected a preferred counterparty to take forward into a process of confirmatory due diligence. This process is likely to take several weeks.
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