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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| OCADO GROUP PLC | 1,678.0 | 5.5% |
| EVRAZ PLC | 606.6 | 2.4% |
| BRITISH LAND CO PLC | 514.6 | 2.3% |
| RIO TINTO PLC | 4,854.0 | 2.2% |
| BHP GROUP PLC | 2,168.0 | 2.0% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC | 547.6 | -12.3% |
| BT GROUP PLC | 167.4 | -4.3% |
| DARKTRACE PLC | 376.0 | -4.0% |
| SPIRAX-SARCO ENGINEERING PLC | 15445.0 | -3.8% |
| ASHTEAD GROUP PLC | 6004.0 | -3.6% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,219 | -0.2% | 10.8% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 35,544 | -0.3% | 17.7% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,454 | -1.1% | 15.7% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 28,460 | 0.1% | 6.6% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,327 | -0.7% | 10.5% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 69.87 | -1.22% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 72.94 | -1.03% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,769 | -0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 425 | -0.2% |
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The UK 100 is called to open -15 points today at 7203. A modestly lower open is expected this morning for the UK's bluechip index, this comes ahead of this evenings Federal Reserve meeting, which is widely expected to see the US central bank policy committee accelerate the pace of its tapering program which started last month and as UK inflation hit a 10 year high of 5.1% this morning. US markets were led lower by the Nasdaq, which fell another 1.1%, with the S&P 500 down 0.75% and the Dow Jones dipped 0.3%. In Asia, markets were muted overnight, China released its industrial output for November, which was up 3.8% year-on-year, more than the 3.6% expected in a Reuters poll. The Shanghai Composite slipped 0.21% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index dropped 0.95%. Japan’s Nikkei in rose 0.10% while South Korea’s Kospi gained 0.05%.
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