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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Coca-Cola Hbc AG | 2,038.0 | 5.0% |
| Vodafone Group PLC | 97.2 | 3.4% |
| Bt Group PLC | 138.3 | 3.1% |
| Airtel Africa PLC | 126.5 | 2.2% |
| International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. | 165.4 | 1.9% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| United Utilities Group PLC | 1,053.5 | -2.1% |
| Severn Trent PLC | 2,794.0 | -1.9% |
| Persimmon PLC | 1,409.5 | -1.9% |
| Jd Sports Fashion PLC | 178.4 | -1.4% |
| Land Securities Group PLC | 702.8 | -1.2% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,954 | 0.1% | 4.5% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 34,089 | -0.5% | -2.6% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,381 | -0.1% | -0.2% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 27,502 | -0.4% | 2.4% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,352 | -1.1% | 2.0% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 78.19 | -1.10% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 84.80 | -0.91% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,843 | -0.6% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 404 | -0.8% |
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The UK 100 called to open +8 points at 7961. The UK 100 looks set to open higher as CPI data this morning, showed that inflation had fallen by more than expected, thanks in main to drops in fuel prices. The UK 100 set a new intraday high yesterday, falling 3 points shy of 8000 during the session. On Wall Street, it was a mixed session on Tuesday, The Dow Jones slipped 156.66 points, or 0.46%, to close at 34,089.27. The S&P fell 0.03% to 4,136.13. The Nasdaq Composite recouped earlier losses to close 0.57% higher at 11,960.15, boosted by technology stocks including Tesla and Nvidia, which rose 7.51% and 5.43%, respectively.
Anglo American says CEO of 79% owned Anglo American Platinum, Viljoen will leave Anglo to join Newmont Corp as COO.
Barclays reported that their annual profit fell 15%, as costs from an administrative blunder saw it oversell securities in the USA compounded a mixed performance by its investment banking division. They reported a pretax profit for 2022 of £7bn, down from £8.2bn the year before and below the £7.2bn average analysts forecast.
Dunelm report a H1 FY23 pretax profit of £117.4m, down 17% YoY from £140.8m. They declare an interim dividend of 15p per share, up 7.1%. They report a strong performance in H1 and strong winter sale. They have kept FY23 profit expectations of £176m, with range of £131-188m. They state that the outlook remains unpredictable as consumers adapt to the new economic reality.
Glencore announced a payout of $7.1bn to its investors, including a new $1.5bn share buyback programme after the company posted a record 2022 trading profit thanks to strong oil and coal prices. Their trading division reported an adjusted operating profit of $6.4bn for 2022, up 73% from the previous year.
Hargreaves Lansdown reports a HY pretax profit of £197.6m up from £151.2m YoY. They have increased their HY dividend by 3.6% to 12.7p. They expect the current economic environment to impact consumer confidence.
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Barclays
Dunelm Group
Glencore
Hargreaves Lansdown
US
Barrick Gold
The Kraft Heinz Co
Shopify
The Trade Desk
Cisco Systems
QuantumScape
Roku Inc
Twilio
UK
Centrica
Indivior
RELX
US
Applied Materials
UK Consumer Price Index
UK Retail Price Index
EU Industrial Production s.a.
US Retail Sales
Japanese Merchandise Trade Balance Total
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 16th February 2023:
Imperial Brands
BP
Shell
Pershing Square Holdings
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 16th February 2023:
LXi REIT
Murray Income Trust
NCC Group
ICG Enterprise Trust
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