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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Ocado Group PLC | 734.8 | 11.3% |
| Jd Sports Fashion PLC | 181.5 | 11.2% |
| Persimmon PLC | 1,531.0 | 8.6% |
| Segro PLC | 920.2 | 8.3% |
| Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC | 805.4 | 7.8% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Airtel Africa PLC | 111.2 | -4.4% |
| Centrica PLC | 98.2 | -3.1% |
| Bae Systems PLC | 830.0 | -2.8% |
| BP PLC | 478.8 | -2.8% |
| Standard Chartered PLC | 669.6 | -2.6% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,749 | -0.3% | 3.3% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,826 | -0.8% | -4.5% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,159 | 0.2% | -2.7% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 27,347 | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,502 | 0.3% | 5.8% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 78.09 | -0.99% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 84.35 | -1.30% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,929 | 0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 415 | -1.9% |
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The UK 100 called to open -12 points at 7812. The UK 100 looks set to open slightly lower today as US tech results disappointed which saw shares in Amazon lose 5.1% after hours in New York, while Alphabet gave back 4.6% and Apple fell by 3.2%.
BT Group: The UK watchdog Ofcom are consulting on full-fibre pricing offer from BT’s Openreach.
Glencore’s Astron Energy unit is in the final stages of fully restarting production at its 100,000 barrel per day South African refinery.
JD Sports will spend up to £3bn to open as many as 1,750 stores over the next five years.
Standard Chartered have been granted in-principle approval by the China Securities Regulatory Commission to set up a mainland securities firm.
Thungela Resources are to buy a controlling stake in Ensham coal mine with the acquisition set to deliver on their strategy for diversification.
Barclays Downgrades Direct Line to Underweight from Equal Weight (4 Buys / 8 Holds / 1 Sell)
Barclays Downgrades IWG to Equal Weight from Overweight (5 Buys / 1 Hold / 0 Sells)
Deutsche Bank Downgrades ASOS to Hold from Buy (7 Buys / 16 Holds / 7 Sells)
Deutsche Bank Downgrades Kingfisher to Hold from Buy (1 Buy / 9 Holds / 4 Sells)
Deutsche Bank Downgrades Pets at Home to Hold from Buy (9 Buys / 1 Hold / 0 Sells)
Deutsche Bank Downgrades Wickes to Hold from Buy (6 Buys / 1 Hold / 0 Sells)
Deutsche Bank Upgrades B&M to Buy from Hold (6 Buys / 9 Holds / 2 Sells)
Deutsche Bank Upgrades Marks & Spencer to Buy from Hold (2 Buys / 13 Holds / 0 Sells)
RPT/DZ Bank Downgrades Vodafone to Sell from Buy (8 Buys / 7 Holds / 1 Sell)
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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:
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Greencoat UK Wind
Henderson Smaller Cos Inv Tst
GCP Infrastructure Investments
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust
Impax Environmental Markets
UK Commercial Property REIT
Balanced Commercial Property Trust
Target Healthcare REIT
Renewables Infrastructure Group
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