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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Antofagasta Plc | 1559 | 5.3% |
| Rio Tinto Plc | 5565 | 5.1% |
| Anglo American Plc | 2698 | 3.7% |
| Frasers Group Plc | 78525.0 | 3.1% |
| Glencore Plc | 471 | 3.0% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Beazley Plc | 592 | -1.7% |
| British Land Co Plc | 387.8 | -1.3% |
| London Stock Exchange Plc | 7918 | -1.3% |
| GSK Plc | 1503 | -1.2% |
| Unite Group Plc | 967.7 | -1.1% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,785 | 0.5% | 2.5% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,684 | 0.2% | -3.0% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,655 | 0.3% | 10.8% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 28,082 | 0.5% | 3.0% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,343 | 0.4% | -3.0% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 81.60 | +0.09% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 85.72 | +0.13% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,015 | +0.61% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 401 | -0.12% |
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The UK 100 called to open +1 point at 7783. UK 100 is called to open largely flat on Wednesday, ahead of the key US inflation print (CPI data 1:30pm) and minutes from the Federal Reserve’s March meeting. On Tuesday, Wall Street had a muted session with the Dow closing +0.3%, S&P flat and Nasdaq -0.4%. In Asia the Nikkei was up 0.6%, Shanghai up 0.2% and Hong Kong down 0.8%.
Anglo American rough diamond sales value De Beers, cycle 3, $540m v $566m YoY. They note “encouraging” positive trends in demand for diamond jewellery as they cite China in positive trend re consumer demand in diamond jewellery.
De La Rue says their FY adjusted operating profit came in at mid0single digit percentage below market expectations as demand for banknotes are at the lowest level in over 20 years.
Hikma Pharmaceuticals names injectables business president Riad Mishlawi as CEO, who will start the role on 1st September.
Unite Group says 90% of rooms have been sold for the 2023/24 academic year, as reservations are significantly ahead of recent sales cycles. They are confident of delivering rental growth of 6-7% for 2023/24.
Jefferies Downgrades Enquest Energy to Hold from Buy (2 Buys / 2 Holds / 0 Sells)
Jefferies Downgrades Tullow Oil to Underperform from Hold (5 Buys / 3 Holds / 0 Sells)
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US
First Republic Bank
UK
Discoverie
Tesco
US
Delta Air Lines
US IMF Meeting
US Consumer Price Index ex Food & Energy
FOMC Minutes
US Monthly Budget Statement
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 13th April 2023:
Persimmon
Lloyds Banking Group
Smurfit Kappa Group
Unite Group
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 13th April 2023:
TP ICAP Group
National Express Group
ITV
Harbour Energy
Grafton Group
Rotork
Just Group
Softcat
Balanced Commercial Property Trust
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