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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Next PLC | 6,748.0 | 3.6% |
| Hargreaves Lansdown PLC | 804.6 | 1.6% |
| Sse PLC | 1,858.0 | 1.2% |
| National Grid PLC | 1,156.5 | 1.1% |
| Coca-Cola Hbc AG | 2,511.0 | 1.1% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| St. James’s Place PLC | 1,110.0 | -6.3% |
| Glencore PLC | 435.2 | -5.9% |
| Experian PLC | 2,680.0 | -4.4% |
| Wpp PLC | 866.0 | -3.9% |
| Rs Group PLC | 852.8 | -3.9% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,703 | -1.1% | 2.7% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,128 | -0.9% | 0.4% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,734 | -0.5% | 13.2% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 29,158 | 0.1% | 8.7% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,220 | 0.4% | -2.0% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 69.41 | 1.24% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 73.44 | 1.30% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,047 | -0.2% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 388 | 0.5% |
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The UK 100 called to open +37 points at 7739. The UK 100 looks set to open higher this morning, this comes after a tough session for global markets yesterday, including heavy falls on Wall Street, however Apple provided some better news, beating analysts expectations. In New York, the Dow Jones tumbled 286.50 points, or 0.9%, to end at 33,127.74. The S&P declined 29.53 points, or 0.7%, to close at 4,061.22 while the Nasdaq fell 58.93 points, or 0.5%, to settle at 11,966.40. In Asia, markets were mixed with gains in Hong Kong but falls in China.
Halma agrees to acquire wastewater pipelines repairs firm Sewertronics for 31m euros.
IAG has lifted its 2023 profit forecasts above guidance given in February as demand for travel rebounds ahead of the key summer holiday season and as capacity returns close to pre-pandemic levels. Q1 2023 (which is usually loss making as fewer people travel) IAG posted an operating profit before exception items of 9m euros, well above the 179m euro loss expected by analysts, helped by lower fuel prices.
InterContinental Hotels CEO Keith Barr is to step down on 30th June and is set to be succeeded by Elie Maalouf, head of Americas. Q1 RevPAR +33% YoY, Americas +18%, EMEAA +64% and China +75%.
RBC Upgrades Spire Healthcare to Outperform from Sector Perform (5 Buys / 1 Hold / 0 Sells)
UK
International Consolidated Airlines Group
US
AMC Entertainment
UK
None
US
Viatris
Lucid Group
Palantir Technologies
PayPal Holdings
Plug Power
Chinese Caixin Services PMI
EU Retail Sales
US Nonfarm Payrolls
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 11th May 2023:
Tesco
HSBC Holdings
BP
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 11th May 2023:
SThree
Serco Group
Clarkson
Inchcape
Barr (A.G.)
Petershill Partners
TBC Bank Group
GCP Infrastructure Investments
Fidelity Special Values
Greencoat UK Wind
Target Healthcare REIT
Balanced Commercial Property Trust
Renewables Infrastructure Group
Tritax Big Box REIT
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