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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| PEARSON PLC | 826.8 | 8.7% |
| ASHTEAD GROUP PLC | 5,276.0 | 4.0% |
| INFORMA PLC | 568.8 | 3.4% |
| NATIONAL GRID PLC | 1,155.4 | 2.9% |
| RELX PLC | 2,189.0 | 2.6% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| POLYMETAL INTERNATIONAL PLC | 129.8 | -22.9% |
| FERGUSON PLC | 10950.0 | -6.2% |
| GLENCORE PLC | 460.3 | -4.4% |
| PRUDENTIAL PLC | 1000.0 | -4.2% |
| STANDARD CHARTERED PLC | 471.5 | -4.0% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,176 | -0.3% | 6.3% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,544 | 1.8% | 1.8% |
| DAX INDEX | 13,917 | -0.1% | -3.8% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 25,346 | 0.2% | -15.3% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,097 | -0.7% | 4.0% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 96.44 | -6.38% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 98.50 | -7.86% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,919 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 451 | -0.2% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +105 points today at 7285. The UK's bluechip index is called to open more than 1% higher after Wall Street rallied yesterday on hopes inflationary pressures have peaked. The Dow Jones last night finished with a 599 points or 1.82% gain at 33,544 whilst the S&P 500 rallied more than 2% to close at 4,262. The Nasdaq went higher still, climbing 2.92% to 12,948. The small-cap centric Russell 2000 index meanwhile added 1.4% to 1,968. Asian markets this morning rallied, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index surged 9% in Wednesday afternoon trade after tumbling nearly 6% on Tuesday to close at its lowest since February 2016.The Shanghai Composite in China jumped 3.36% and Japan’s Nikkei 225 lifted 1.64%. South Korea’s Kospi gained 1.44%. In focus today will be the Federal Reserve interest rate decision, as markets look to price the prospect of how aggressively the Fed might tighten monetary policy over the next few months.
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US Retail Sales
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