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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Antofagasta PLC | 1,726.5 | 4.3% |
| Flutter Entertainment PLC | 12,465.0 | 3.9% |
| Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC | 751.6 | 3.8% |
| Entain PLC | 1,466.5 | 3.6% |
| International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. | 145.5 | 3.5% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Fresnillo PLC | 931.8 | -3.4% |
| Airtel Africa PLC | 114.5 | -3.2% |
| Beazley PLC | 667.0 | -2.8% |
| Bae Systems PLC | 835.2 | -2.6% |
| Frasers Group PLC | 739.0 | -2.5% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| FTSE 100 INDEX | 7,725 | 0.3% | 3.8% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,518 | -0.3% | -7.1% |
| DAX INDEX | 14,793 | 1.3% | -6.2% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 26,176 | 0.8% | -8.1% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,131 | -0.3% | -4.2% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 74.27 | -0.48% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 79.25 | -0.50% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,873 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 400 | -0.7% |
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The UK 100 called to open -40 points at 7684. The UK 100 looks set to open lower this morning, following a mixed showing in the US yesterday, and ahead of a speech by Federal Reserve chairman, Jerome Powell, at a banking conference in Stockholm. At the close on Monday in the US, the Dow Jones was down 113 points, or 0.33%, to 33,518, the S&P fell 3 points, or 0.08%, to 3,892 but the Nasdaq jumped 66 points, or 0.63%, to 10,636.
AO World increases their profit guidance for FY23 in unscheduled trading update. They now expect adjusted EBITDA of £30-40m, versus £20-30m previous guidance.
Card Factory says trading is ahead of expectations as their 11 month sales came in at £432.6m, up from £337.3m YoY.
Games Workshop Group reports a HY pretax profit of £83.6m (down from £88.2m YoY) as they declare a dividend of £1.30 per share. They are continuing to work focus on making the “best miniatures in the world”.
Plus500 posts a 17% rise in FY 2022 EBITDA.
Unite Group reiterates guidance for an adjusted EPS at the top end of 40-41p range for 2022. They hail strong start to 2023/24 sales with 70% of beds sold
Barclays Downgrades Ashmore Group to Equal Weight from Overweight (2 Buys / 2 Holds / 2 Sells)
Deutsche Bank Downgrades Legal & General to Hold from Buy (6 Buys / 5 Holds / 0 Sells)
Deutsche Bank Downgrades St James’s Place to Hold from Buy (8 Buys / 6 Holds / 0 Sells)
Deutsche Bank Upgrades Admiral Group to Buy from Hold (3 Buys / 4 Holds / 2 Sells)
HSBC Downgrades Clarkson to Hold from Buy (3 Buys / 1 Hold / 0 Sells)
RBC Downgrades Superdry to Sector Perform from Outperform (3 Buys / 1 Hold / 1 Sell)
UBS Downgrades Softcat to Sell from Neutral (5 Buys / 5 Holds / 0 Sells)
Games Workshop Group
Barratt Developments
Vistry Group
UK BRC Like-For-Like Retail Sales
Chinese FDI - Foreign Direct Investment
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 12th January 2023:
SSE
Sage Group
Ashtead Group
B&M European Value Retail S.A.
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 12th January 2023:
Primary Health Properties
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