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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Ocado Group PLC | 478.0 | 7.7% |
| Prudential PLC | 1,089.0 | 4.3% |
| M&G PLC | 186.0 | 3.7% |
| Barclays PLC | 142.0 | 3.5% |
| Land Securities Group PLC | 596.6 | 3.4% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Next PLC | 6,434.0 | -4.3% |
| Smith & Nephew PLC | 1,120.5 | -1.1% |
| Pershing Square Holdings LTD | 2,750.0 | -0.5% |
| Pearson PLC | 820.8 | -0.5% |
| Associated British Foods PLC | 1,943.5 | -0.4% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,564 | 1.1% | -0.2% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 32,718 | 1.0% | -7.1% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,329 | 1.2% | 5.0% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 27,783 | -0.4% | -0.9% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,122 | 1.0% | -5.2% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 73.04 | 0.10% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 78.22 | -0.08% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,969 | 0.2% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 409 | 0.2% |
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The UK 100 called to open +20 points at 7584. The UK looks set to make a bright start on Thursday following strong gains in the US. Stocks gained on Wall Street after a number of positive earnings reports. The Dow Jones jumped 323.35 points, or 1.0% to end at 32,717.60. The S&P gained 56.54 points, or 1.4%, to trade at 4,027.81 and the Nasdaq Composite added 210.16 points or 1.8%, to close at 11,926.24. In Asia this morning, investor sentiment was more mixed. The Nikkei index in Tokyo was down 0.8%. In China, the Shanghai Composite was up 0.1%, while the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong was up 0.1% and the S&P/ASX 200 in Sydney closed up 1.0%.
Ascential 2022 pretax loss has widened to £116.1m from £39.6m YoY.
AstraZeneca completes KYM agreement for CMG901 focused on gastric cancers.
Ithaca Energy reports a 2022 pretax profit of £2.24bn up from £763.1m YoY.
SSE have upgraded their FY23 adjusted EPS to over 160p from over 150p. They remain on course to deliver record investment of over £2.5bn this year.
S4 Capital’s 2022 pretax loss has widens to £159.7m from £55.7m YoY. They expect 2023 like-for-like net revenue growth of between 8-12%.
Qinetiq wins $92.6m contract from US Army for digital night vision technology.
Morgan Stanley Upgrades Anglo American to Equal Weight (5 Buys / 8 Holds / 2 Sells)
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 30th March 2023:
Aviva
Phoenix Group Holdings
Taylor Wimpey
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Mondi
Smith & Nephew
InterContinental Hotels Group
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 30th March 2023:
Moneysupermarket.com Group
Fidelity European Trust
European Smaller Companies Trust
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