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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| SCOTTISH MORTGAGE INV TR PLC | 838.2 | 4.8% |
| ASHTEAD GROUP PLC | 4,074.0 | 3.4% |
| AVEVA GROUP PLC | 2,312.0 | 3.0% |
| OCADO GROUP PLC | 774.8 | 2.7% |
| ENTAIN PLC | 1,154.0 | 2.4% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| DS SMITH PLC | 283.6 | -3.8% |
| ASTRAZENECA PLC | 10918.0 | -2.8% |
| ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 92.0 | -1.9% |
| RECKITT BENCKISER GROUP PLC | 6302.0 | -1.9% |
| BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PLC | 3463.5 | -1.8% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,264 | -0.4% | 5.6% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 31,875 | 0.2% | -7.6% |
| DAX INDEX | 13,282 | -0.2% | -12.7% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 27,680 | 2.7% | 0.5% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,759 | 1.7% | -7.5% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 99.88 | -0.85% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 106.66 | -0.64% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,697 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 333 | 1.0% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +5 points this morning at 7269. The UK 100 looks set to open modestly higher today, having had a topsy turvy session yesterday having given up early gains as concerns over Russian gas supplies rocked European stocks and todays reports have confirmed that the Nord Stream 1 pipeline started flowing to Europe after a 10-day shutdown. The flow of natural gas is expected to be well below full capacity as operator Nord Stream AG said that it would take a while to ramp up, according to German news agency DPA. Overnight, US stocks gained ground, with the tech-powered Nasdaq finishing 1.58% higher, the S&P 500 closing up 0.59% and the Dow Jones rising 0.15%.
Anglo American update that their H1 FY22 diamond output +10% YoY, copper -17%, PGM -4%, iron ore -14% and coal -22%.
Dechra Pharmaceuticals are to raise £180m to acquire Piedmont Animal Health.
EasyJet have confirmed an order of 56 Airbus ASS20neo airliners and said the deal including upsizing 18 A320neo aircraft to the A321neo model.
Howden Joinery remains "on track" with FY outlook.
JD Sports are in talks to sell Footasylum to Aurelius Group.
Marks & Spencer announce that their CFO Eoin Tonge is to leave the company for a new finance director role at Associated British Foods.
Mitchells & Butlers have flagged a challenging trading environment due to surging costs in the aftermath of the Ukraine conflict and low consumer spending amid a worsening cost-of-living crisis.
Ocado reports a H1 pretax loss widening to £211.3m from 27.9m loss a year ago. Their revenue falls 4.4% and they have declared no interim dividend. They expect low single digit growth in retail for FY22 due to cost of living crisis.
SSE update that their Q1 performance has slightly exceeded its expectations and have reiterated their forecast for the FY, helped by strong output by thermal power plants amid surging energy prices.
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