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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROU | 5,192.0 | 4.1% |
| ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 93.4 | 3.8% |
| INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINE-DI | 145.5 | 3.7% |
| WHITBREAD PLC | 2,915.0 | 3.7% |
| LAND SECURITIES GROUP PLC | 770.8 | 3.0% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC | 3822.0 | -6.4% |
| ITV PLC | 77.0 | -2.6% |
| FRESNILLO PLC | 804.0 | -2.3% |
| OCADO GROUP PLC | 1138.5 | -1.3% |
| COCA-COLA HBC AG-DI | 1583.0 | -1.0% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,616 | 0.5% | 9.1% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 34,412 | -0.1% | 1.1% |
| DAX INDEX | 14,164 | 0.6% | -7.2% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 26,800 | -1.1% | -9.7% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,523 | 0.6% | 6.6% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 107.50 | 0.51% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 112.53 | 0.74% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,978 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 482 | 1.7% |
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The UK 100 is called to open flat at 7616. The UK’s bluechip index is called to open flat this morning with no change over the bank holiday weekend. Wall Street finished slightly in the red overnight, and Asian shares follow suit and are mostly in the red this morning. The Shanghai Composite in China declined 0.42% while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index slumped 2.41%. Japan's Nikkei gained 0.81% and South Korea’s Kospi surged 0.97%.
AstraZeneca's Enhertu application has been granted priority review by the FDA for lung cancer.
GlaxoSmithKline says the US FDA accepts their new drug application for daprodustat kidney disease drug.
Pearson states that their online programme management partnership with ASU will end in June 2023, noting a modest impact on profit in 2022 & 2023.
WH Smith says their subsidiary Funky Pigeon was hit by a cyber-attack last Thursday, but did not breach customer payment data. They confirm H1 results are "comfortably in line" with company compiled consenus.
Barclays Upgrades CRH to Overweight from Equal Weight (5 Buys / 0 Holds / 0 Sells)
Berenberg Downgrades ITV to Sell from Hold (5 Buys / 7 Holds / 1 Sell)
Deutsche Bank Downgrades SSP Group to Hold from Buy (11 Buys / 4 Holds / 0 Sells)
Societe Generale Upgrades Prudential to Buy from Hold (9 Buys / 2 Holds / 1 Sell)
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