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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Barclays PLC | 162.0 | 5.3% |
| Prudential PLC | 1,163.0 | 4.0% |
| Bt Group PLC | 158.5 | 3.1% |
| Airtel Africa PLC | 117.4 | 2.4% |
| Halma PLC | 2,271.0 | 2.1% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Legal & General Group PLC | 235.0 | -7.1% |
| Wpp PLC | 916.2 | -4.3% |
| St. James’s Place PLC | 1193.5 | -3.7% |
| Ashtead Group PLC | 4543.0 | -3.6% |
| Sainsbury (J) PLC | 274.1 | -3.5% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,832 | -0.3% | 5.5% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,830 | 1.6% | 0.7% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,800 | 0.0% | 14.6% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 28,458 | 0.1% | 6.0% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,293 | -0.3% | -0.9% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 74.76 | 0.62% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 78.32 | 0.81% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,988 | -0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 389 | 0.8% |
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The UK 100 called to open +20 points at 7850. UK 100 is set to open higher on Friday, after a strong session in the US on Thursday and solid performance from Asian equities. Wall Street ended sharply higher, with the Dow +1.6%, S&P +2% & Nasdaq +2.4% as US stocks were lifted by tech earnings. In Asia the Nikkei closed +1%, Shanghai +0.8% & Hong Kong +0.8%.
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