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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 108.8 | 4.6% |
| Haleon PLC | 325.0 | 3.6% |
| Airtel Africa PLC | 118.3 | 3.6% |
| International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. | 157.3 | 2.9% |
| Glencore PLC | 558.4 | 2.7% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Fresnillo PLC | 949.0 | -2.0% |
| Aviva PLC | 444.2 | -1.7% |
| British American Tobacco PLC | 3,124.0 | -1.5% |
| Anglo American PLC | 3,568.0 | -1.5% |
| Ashtead Group PLC | 4,997.0 | -1.4% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,844 | 0.6% | 4.0% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 34,303 | 0.3% | -4.5% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,087 | 0.2% | -5.0% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 25,822 | -1.1% | -8.2% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,388 | 0.8% | -0.1% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 79.34 | -0.65% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 84.65 | -0.74% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,917 | -0.2% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 418 | -0.8% |
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The UK 100 called to open +1 points at 7845. The UK 100 is expected to make a cautious start to the week with trading likely to be quieter with US markets closed for the day. It was a mixed session in Asia this morning, the Nikkei 225 index was down 1.1%. In China, the Shanghai Composite was up 1.0%, while the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong was down 0.6%. The S&P/ASX 200 in Sydney closed up 0.8%. In the US on Friday, Wall Street ended higher, with the Dow Jones up 0.3%, the S&P up 0.4% and the Nasdaq up 0.7%.
Ashmore Group assets under management says grow to $57.2bn, up 2%. The growth was due to $3.8bn positive investment v $2.6bn net outflow. They note net outflow halves from previous quarter due to positive market.
Assura completes 4 acquisitions and 3 developments worth £47m in FY22 Q3.
AstraZeneca completes the acquisition of Neogene Therapeutics for an initial payment of $200m and up to $120m in additional milestone-based consideration.
Centamin notes “favourable” constitutional court ruling in Egypt re Sukari license.
ITM Power says outcome for FY23 will be “materially different” from current guidance. New guidance for FY23 will see lower revenue and higher EBITDA loss.
Qinetiq wins £80m contract for 10-year production project with UK Ministry of Defence.
Investec Downgrades HSBC to Hold (9 Buys / 9 Holds / 0 Sells)
Jefferies Downgrades ABRDN to Hold from Buy (3 Buys / 3 Holds / 4 Sells)
RPT/Jefferies Upgrades Man Group to Buy from Hold (4 Buys / 4 Holds / 1 Sell)
Ashmore Group
Rio Tinto
UK
Bankers Investment Trust
Experian
Hays
Ocado Group
US
Goldman Sachs
Morgan Stanley
Eurogroup Meeting
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 19th January 2023:
Compass Group
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 19th January 2023:
Diploma
Future
AJ Bell
Victrex
Games Workshop Group
Balanced Commercial Property Trust
Supermarket Income REIT
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