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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Haleon PLC | 340.0 | 2.7% |
| Astrazeneca PLC | 11,546.0 | 2.7% |
| United Utilities Group PLC | 1,069.0 | 2.6% |
| Gsk PLC | 1,483.4 | 2.4% |
| Severn Trent PLC | 2,908.5 | 2.3% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Rs Group PLC | 841.0 | -6.0% |
| Crh PLC | 3,822.0 | -5.0% |
| Ashtead Group PLC | 4,413.0 | -4.7% |
| Kingfisher PLC | 246.5 | -4.1% |
| Rightmove PLC | 541.6 | -3.7% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,651 | 0.2% | 0.6% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,447 | 0.1% | -3.5% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,501 | -0.7% | 8.0% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 27,813 | -1.7% | 1.7% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,237 | 0.0% | -3.4% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 80.28 | -0.53% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 84.70 | -0.28% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,018 | -0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 397 | -0.1% |
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The UK 100 called to open +6 points at 7668. The UK 100 looks set to see modest gains at the open this morning, This follows a mixed showing Stateside yesterday, with the tech laden Nasdaq tumbling but the blue chip Dow Jones gaining. Asian markets were also mixed this morning with the Nikkei 225 down 1.1% while the Hang Seng and Shanghai Composite were little changed
Ferrexpo report Q1 total iron ore pellet output of 900,000 tonnes v 420,000 tonnes QoQ. The pellet growth has been driven by improvement in electricity in Ukraine. Their Q1 total commercial production came in at 954,000 tonnes, down 65% YoY. The YoY decline is due to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in Feb 2022.
Shell expects to post an adjusted corporate loss of between $1.2-0.9 bn for Q1, due to one off tax charges. They expect Q1 trading at its integrated gas division to be at similar levels to the previous quarter.
THG signs a 10-year deal with Maximo to re-platform all beauty and fragrance direct. The deal will be worth £150m per year.
Goldman Sachs Upgrades Spirent Communications to Neutral from Sell (5 Buys / 2 Holds / 0 Sells)
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Hilton Food Group
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US Initial Jobless Claims
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 6th April 2023:
Barratt Developments
Reckitt Benckiser Group
ConvaTec Group
Rentokil Initial
Smiths Group
F&C Investment Trust
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 6th April 2023:
Man Group
Savills
Travis Perkins
International Public Partnerships
Domino's Pizza Group
Howden Joinery Group
Mercantile Investment Trust
Murray International Trust
Games Workshop Group
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund
IMI
RIT Capital Partners
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust
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