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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. | 155.8 | 3.5% |
| Flutter Entertainment PLC | 15,820.0 | 2.3% |
| Relx PLC | 2,479.0 | 1.9% |
| Beazley PLC | 590.5 | 1.6% |
| Intercontinental Hotels Group PLC | 5,492.0 | 1.5% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Unite Group PLC | 908.5 | -4.5% |
| Ocado Group PLC | 475.0 | -4.1% |
| Land Securities Group PLC | 644.6 | -3.2% |
| Dcc PLC | 4,714.0 | -3.1% |
| British Land Company PLC | 386.9 | -2.9% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,764 | -0.2% | 7.2% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,562 | -0.2% | 4.4% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,955 | 0.0% | 17.9% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 29,122 | -0.4% | 11.3% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,256 | -0.1% | 2.9% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 73.10 | -0.83% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 76.81 | -0.81% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,030 | -0.2% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 389 | -0.3% |
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The UK 100 called to open +6 points at 7770. The UK 100 looks set to open broadly unchanged this morning, focus today will be on key US inflation data as investors look for further indication on any further potential interest rate rises from the Fed. On Wall Street yesterday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 56.88 points, or 0.2% to end at 33,561.81. The S&P lost 18.95 points to trade at 4,119.17 points while the Nasdaq fared worst falling 77.37 points or 0.6%, to close the session at 12,179.55. In Asia on Wednesday, the Nikkei 225 index in Tokyo was down 0.3%. In China, the Shanghai Composite declined 1.5%, while the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong fell 0.7%.
ASOS swung to a H1 loss, hurt by a squeeze on household budgets, but said that they were confident of a return to profit in H2 and beyond. They reported an adjusted loss before tax of £87.4m in H1, versus a profit of £14.8m in the same period last year.
Burberry confirms Kate Ferry is to start as their new CFO on July 17th.
JD Wetherspoon says their Easter weekend sales were the highest-ever.
Melrose says they are to continue as a pureplay aerospace firm. They expect their 2023 adjusted operating profit to be between £340-360m.
National Express group are to change their name to Mobico Group from early June.
TUI state that they expect “significantly” higher operating profit in 2023, helped by strong bookings for the summer. Bookings for the summer season are currently 13% ahead of last year and 96% of its 2019, or pre-pandemic levels.
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ASOS
Compass Group
Spirax-Sarco Engineering
Tui
US
The Trade Desk
Unity Software
The Walt Disney Co
UK
3i Infastructure
Airtel Africa
Grainger
ITV
TBC Bank Group
US
Fiverr International
Takeda Pharmaceutical
German Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices
Chinese FDI - Foreign Direct Investment
US Consumer Price Index
US Monthly Budget Statement
Japanese Current Account n.s.a.
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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