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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| STANDARD CHARTERED PLC | 638.6 | 2.9% |
| ASTRAZENECA PLC | 11,054.0 | 2.5% |
| SEVERN TRENT PLC | 2,798.0 | 2.0% |
| UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC | 1,046.0 | 2.0% |
| B&M EUROPEAN VALUE RETAIL SA | 386.4 | 1.8% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| BRITISH LAND CO PLC | 463.3 | -8.7% |
| OCADO GROUP PLC | 801.0 | -7.2% |
| LAND SECURITIES GROUP PLC | 688.4 | -6.5% |
| PEARSON PLC | 745.8 | -5.4% |
| INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINE-DI | 111.7 | -4.4% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,312 | -0.2% | 3.2% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 31,029 | 0.3% | -9.5% |
| DAX INDEX | 13,003 | -1.7% | -17.1% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 26,805 | -0.9% | -6.9% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,700 | -0.9% | -8.4% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 109.42 | -2.09% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 115.20 | -2.36% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,818 | -0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 377 | -0.2% |
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The UK 100 is called to open -112 points this morning at 7200. UK equities are seen lower on Thursday as investors grow increasingly fearful that sharp interest rate hikes to rein in soaring inflation will spark a recession. UK GDP came in at 0.8% this morning for the quarter, in line with estimates. Trading in Asia was mixed overnight with the Nikkei -1.5%, Shanghai +1.49% and the Hang Seng -0.34%.
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