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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| MELROSE INDUSTRIES PLC | 142.1 | 3.1% |
| RIO TINTO PLC | 6,091.0 | 2.3% |
| ASTRAZENECA PLC | 10,230.0 | 1.6% |
| GSK PLC | 1,719.6 | 1.5% |
| BP PLC | 446.5 | 1.4% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| JD SPORTS FASHION PLC | 118.5 | -3.9% |
| INTERMEDIATE CAPITAL GROUP | 1542.5 | -3.5% |
| RIGHTMOVE PLC | 573.6 | -3.4% |
| KINGFISHER PLC | 257.8 | -3.4% |
| OCADO GROUP PLC | 920.8 | -3.2% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,599 | -0.1% | 7.4% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,161 | 0.7% | -4.4% |
| DAX INDEX | 14,557 | -0.7% | -7.2% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 27,944 | 0.1% | -3.5% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,096 | -1.5% | -2.7% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 120.18 | 1.42% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 121.17 | 1.39% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,854 | 0.7% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 446 | 0.5% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +23 points this morning at 7623. The UK 100 is seen on the front foot ahead of Wednesday’s open, following on from more positive trading last night in the having started the session in negative territory. The Dow Jones added 264 points or 0.8% in Tuesday’s trade, to close at 33,180, whilst the S&P advanced 0.95% to finish Tuesday at 4,160. Similarly, the Nasdaq gained 113 points or 0.94% to 12,175. The Small Cap index also finished the session in positive territory with the Russell 2000 index up 1.57% to 1,919. In Asia this morning, Japan’s Nikkei added 247 points or 0.89% to trade at 28,192. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was up 1.6% to 21,877 though the Shanghai Composite dipped 0.26% to 3,233.
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