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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| ASTRAZENECA PLC | 8,865.0 | 5.8% |
| MELROSE INDUSTRIES PLC | 160.6 | 5.6% |
| OCADO GROUP PLC | 1,363.0 | 4.8% |
| EVRAZ PLC | 330.6 | 4.8% |
| INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINE-DI | 172.4 | 4.6% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| FRESNILLO PLC | 642.8 | -3.5% |
| ANGLO AMERICAN PLC | 3516.0 | -2.8% |
| RIO TINTO PLC | 5646.0 | -1.3% |
| NEXT PLC | 7074.0 | -1.2% |
| SHELL PLC | 1984.0 | -1.1% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,609 | 1.0% | 12.6% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 34,964 | 1.2% | 11.0% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,413 | 2.0% | 9.2% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 26,865 | -0.8% | -11.8% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,207 | -0.5% | 4.2% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 91.39 | -4.26% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 92.81 | -3.80% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,855 | -0.9% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 453 | 0.5% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +1 points today at 7609. A narrowly higher open is expected this morning for the UK's blue-chip index, this comes as UK inflation increased from 5.4% in December to 5.5% in January. However, overnight, there has been a reported de-escalation of tensions in Ukraine as numbers of Russian forces demobilise and return to base. Last night, in New York, the Dow Jones closed yesterday’s session 422 points or 1.22% higher at 34,988. The S&P added 1.58% to finish the session at 4,471 whilst the Nasdaq advanced 2.53% to 14,139. Meanwhile, the small cap focused Russell 2,000 rose by 2.76% to 2,076. In Asia this morning, Japan’s Nikkei climbed 595 points or 2.22% to trade at 27,460 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng notched 1.24% higher to 24,657. The Shanghai Composite then moved up 0.46% to 3,461.
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