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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Smith & Nephew PLC | 1,222.0 | 5.2% |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 649.6 | 4.7% |
| Bae Systems PLC | 906.0 | 1.9% |
| Burberry Group PLC | 2,585.0 | 1.5% |
| Frasers Group PLC | 805.0 | 1.4% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Anglo American PLC | 3,171.5 | -5.0% |
| Glencore PLC | 503.8 | -3.1% |
| Persimmon PLC | 1,423.3 | -3.0% |
| Prudential PLC | 1,259.0 | -2.9% |
| Barratt Developments PLC | 454.2 | -2.7% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,984 | -0.4% | 6.3% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,334 | -1.5% | -2.2% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,418 | -0.4% | 3.9% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 27,473 | -0.2% | 3.9% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,336 | -0.2% | 2.4% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 76.10 | -0.31% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 82.95 | -1.33% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,838 | -0.2% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 421 | 2.5% |
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The UK 100 called to open -27 points at 7950. The UK 100 is expected to open lower following heavy falls in the US as fears that the Federal Reserve might increase interest rates further rattled investors. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 697.10 points, or 2.1%, at 33,129.59. The S&P fell 81.75 points, or 2%, to end at 3,997.34 and the Nasdaq tumbled 294.97 points, or 2.5%, to close the day at 11,492.30.
Lloyds reported flat annual profit for 2022 as a jump in income driven by higher interest rates was offset by mounting bad loan provisions. They reported a pretax profit of £6.9bn, unchanged on the prior year and in line with analyst forecasts compiled by the bank. They announced a 1.6p per share final dividend and a share buyback of up to £2bn, whilst setting aside £1.5bn to cover troubled loans in 2022.
Primary Health Properties reports a 2022 pretax profit of £56.9m, down from £141.6m YoY. Their total dividend for 2022 was increased by 4.8% to 6.5p per share. They will engage with government bodies to help ease healthcare burdens.
Rio Tinto reported a 37.9% drop in annual profit and more than halved their dividend as iron ore prices fell on slower demand, particularly from China, while higher labour and material costs ate into earnings. They reported underlying earnings of $13.3bn for 2022, compared with a record $21.4bn in 2021. They missed average analyst estimates of $13.8bn.
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Primary Health Properties
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Etsy
Lucid Group
NVIDIA
Teladoc Health
Unity Software
Virgin Galactic
UK
Anglo American
BAE Systems
Drax Group
Hays
Hikma Pharmaceuticals
Howden Joinery Group
Mondi
Morgan Sindall
Rolls Royce
Serco Group
Spectris
WPP Group
US
Alibaba Group
Keurig Dr Pepper
Moderna
Newmont
Intuit
Lemonade
Liberty Global A
Liberty Global C
German Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices
German IFO – Business Climate
German IFO – Current Assessment
German IFO – Expectations
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 23rd February 2023:
Barclays
Endeavour Mining
Standard Chartered
Astrazeneca
Land Securities Group
GSK
Unilever
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 23rd February 2023:
BBGI Global Infrastructure S.A.
Redrow
Plus500
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust
Witan Investment Trust
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