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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Melrose Industries PLC | 443.1 | 4.4% |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 155.2 | 2.3% |
| Johnson Matthey PLC | 1,947.5 | 2.0% |
| Rs Group PLC | 878.2 | 1.9% |
| Ashtead Group PLC | 4,707.0 | 1.7% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Ocado Group PLC | 459.2 | -3.3% |
| Pearson PLC | 802.6 | -2.9% |
| Intercontinental Hotels Group PLC | 5,338.0 | -2.8% |
| Admiral Group PLC | 2,160.0 | -2.8% |
| Unilever PLC | 4,272.0 | -2.2% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,731 | -0.4% | 7.3% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,453 | -0.3% | 3.9% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,862 | -0.6% | 18.0% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 29,122 | -0.4% | 11.1% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,256 | -0.1% | 2.7% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 72.25 | -1.98% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 76.08 | -1.76% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,029 | -0.3% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 384 | -1.6% |
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The UK 100 called to open +15 points at 7744. UK 100 is called to start slightly higher on Thursday, recovering some of its weekly loss, ahead of the Bank of England’s latest interest rate decision at 12pm today. The Bank of England is expected to lift UK interest rates by 25 basis points, but attention will be on whether it guides for more hikes in meetings ahead, or suggests a pause is coming. US stocks ended largely higher on Wednesday, with tech shares getting a boost after the data that showed US inflation is slowing. Nasdaq surged +1%, S&P +0.5% & Dow -0.1%. In Asia Shanghai closed -0.1%, Hong Kong -0.5% & Tokyo -0.1%.
ITV report that their total advertising revenue in Q1 was down 10% as expected, as they stuck to their longer term targets and said its new streaming service ITVX was performing well.
JD Sports Fashion hires Dominic Platt as their new CFO, to join later this year.
John Wood reports Q1 FY23 revenue of $1.45bn and says that their Q1 FY23 adjusted EBITDA is in line with its expectations. Their Q1 FY23 order book is around $5.7bn as they state that their 2023 outlook remains unchanged.
Man Group promotes Robyn Grew to CEO, replacing retiring Luke Ellis.
Rolls-Royce says their performance reflects positive changes due to transformation programme, as they back their FY operating profit guidance of £800m-£1bn.
Vodafone forms partnership with Emirates Telecommunications Group Co for EMEA region.
Jefferies Upgrades Diploma to Buy from Hold (6 Buys / 4 Holds / 0 Sells)
UK
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Airtel Africa
Grainger
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TBC Bank Group
US
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Takeda Pharmaceutical
UK
Allianz Technology Trust
Beazley
US
Chinese Consumer Price Index
Chinese Producer Price Index
BoE Interest Rate Decision
Bank of England Monetary Policy Report
UK Monetary Policy Summary
UK NIESR GDP Estimate
BoE's Governor Bailey speech
US Initial Jobless Claims
US Producer Price Index ex Food & Energy
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 11th May 2023:
Tesco
HSBC Holdings
BP
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 11th May 2023:
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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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