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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Sainsbury (J) PLC | 252.5 | 5.5% |
| Persimmon PLC | 1,443.5 | 2.6% |
| Auto Trader Group PLC | 604.4 | 2.2% |
| Unite Group PLC | 1,012.0 | 2.0% |
| Segro PLC | 843.8 | 2.0% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 110.2 | -2.9% |
| Antofagasta PLC | 1,765.0 | -2.2% |
| Jd Sports Fashion PLC | 161.6 | -1.7% |
| Flutter Entertainment PLC | 12,465.0 | -1.5% |
| Diageo PLC | 3,422.0 | -1.4% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,765 | 0.1% | 4.0% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,978 | 0.1% | -2.2% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,150 | 0.1% | -1.1% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 27,433 | 0.2% | 2.7% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,482 | -0.2% | 7.1% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 78.97 | -0.89% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 85.88 | -0.90% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,929 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 419 | -0.9% |
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The UK 100 called to open -45 points at 7720. The UK 100 looks set to open cautiously lower this morning, as it appears that investors have already started looking ahead to this weeks trifecta of interest rate decisions from the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England. In the US on Friday, all three major indexes finished off a busy week of earnings in positive territory. At the close, the Dow had gained 0.1% to close at 33,978, the S&P increased 0.3% at 4,071 and the Nasdaq was up 1% on the day at 11,622 to cap off a great week for the tech-heavy index.
Computacenter says they are to end FY22 “slightly ahead” of Q3 guidance on strong final quarter. Their FY22 revenue is up 27% on strong product sales as they report that net funds at year end of £244m. Their adjusted pretax profit is down nearly 6% in H1 as they are pleased with year as a whole.
Legal & General CEO Nigel Wilson is to retire after over 10 years in the post.
Rio Tinto is “sorry” for losing a radioactive capsule in Western Australia.
Ryanair reported a swing to Q3 profit with results boosted by higher prices and stronger demand over the Christmas period.
Unilever hires Hein Schumacher as their new CEO, effective on July 1st, replacing Alan Jope.
888 Holdings says their CEO Itai Pazner has left the company effective immediately as they suspend VIP activities in some markets amid internal compliance probe. This is because customer compliance processes were not best followed in the Middle East region as the division falls short in know your client and anti-money laundering processes.
Barclays Upgrades Auto Trader Group to Overweight from Equal weight (9 Buys / 9 Holds / 0 Sells)
Barclays Upgrades Moneysupermarket.com to Overweight from Equal weight (8 Buys / 5 Holds / 0 Sells)
Numis Downgrades Rentokil to Hold (6 Buys / 4 Holds / 1 Sell)
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Caterpillar Inc
Exxon Mobil
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McDonald's Corp
Pfizer
Spotify Technology SA
Advanced Micro Devices
Amgen
Mondelez
Snap Inc A
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 2nd February 2023:
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UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 2nd February 2023:
Paragon Banking Group
Merchants Trust
JLEN Environmental Assets Group
Bluefield Solar Income Fund
Edinburgh Investment Trust
IG Group Holdings
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