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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| DCC PLC | 6,482.0 | 3.3% |
| BT GROUP PLC | 186.6 | 3.1% |
| PEARSON PLC | 632.4 | 2.7% |
| PHOENIX GROUP HOLDINGS PLC | 701.4 | 2.2% |
| VODAFONE GROUP PLC | 121.5 | 2.2% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| ASHTEAD GROUP PLC | 5454.0 | -5.0% |
| RIGHTMOVE PLC | 658.6 | -4.6% |
| UNILEVER PLC | 3516.5 | -4.0% |
| DS SMITH PLC | 380.5 | -3.8% |
| JD SPORTS FASHION PLC | 189.1 | -3.5% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,564 | -0.6% | 12.5% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 35,377 | -1.5% | 14.8% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,773 | -1.0% | 13.9% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 28,257 | -0.3% | -1.3% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,409 | -0.1% | 9.9% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 85.17 | 1.61% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 87.23 | 0.87% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,814 | -0.3% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 440 | -0.5% |
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The UK 100 is called to open -40 points today at 7525. The UK 100 is set to open lower on Wednesday, following US and Asian benchmarks as inflation continues to concern investors. Today sees, CPI numbers for both the UK and Germany. Last night on Wall Street, the Dow Jones fell 543 points or 1.51% to close at 35,368. The S&P gave up 1.84% to 4,577 and the Nasdaq dropped further, falling 2.6% to finish at 14,506. Meanwhile, the small-cap focussed Russell 2000 index was down a little more than 3% to 2,096. Asia markets fell this morning, as oil prices rose for a fourth day to a seven-year high amid worrisome geopolitical troubles in Russia and the United Arab Emirates. The Nikkei in Japan plunged 2.80% and South Korea’s Kospi moved 0.75% lower. China’s Shanghai Composite fell 0.53% while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index dipped 0.40%.
Antofagasta reports FY copper production decreased 1.7% whilst FY gold production increased 24%.
BHP Group reported a 5% rise in iron ore production for Q2, driven by strong performance at its Jimblebar mine and ramped up production at South Flank in Western Australia. Iron ore production was 73.9m tonnes in the three months ended December, up from 70.4m tonnes a year ago.
Burberry state growth in its full-price sales accelerated in Q3, driven by a strong performance in outwear and leather goods, with a material improvement in Asia and Europe. Full price comparable store sales were 26% higher than the same period two years ago.
Centamin report Q4 gold output +58%, Q4 gold sold +26% and Q4 revenue +22%. FY gold production was down 8%, FY gold sold -13% and FY revenue -12%.
Crest Nicholson swings to a FY pretax profit of £86.9m (2021: £13.5m) and they propose a final dividend of 9.5p, taking total dividend to 13.6p per share. They plan to enhance profit through margin rate accretion and enhance profitability through volume growth.
Galliford Try report that H1 trading is in line with expectations.
JD Wetherspoon warned it would record a loss for the first half of the fiscal year after the Omicron variant led to renewed curbs and kept people from heading out during the holidays. Like-for-like sales fell 11.7% in the 25 weeks to Jan 16th, with Q2 sales hurt by restrictions imposed by Britain in December.
Bank of America Downgrades Hammerson to Underperform from Neutral (1 Buy / 8 Holds / 4 Sells)
Goldman Sachs Downgrades ASOS to Neutral from Buy (10 Buys / 12 Holds / 0 Sells)
JP Morgan Upgrades Segro to Overweight from Neutral (6 Buys / 9 Holds / 1 Sell)
RBC Downgrades Smiths Group to Sector Perform from Outperform (3 Buys / 4 Holds / 0 Sells)
Antofagasta
BHP Group
Burberry Group
Centamin
Crest Nicholson
Diploma
Liontrust Asset Management
AJ Bell
Associated British Foods
Ibstock
Premier Foods
Workspace Group
UK Consumer Price Index
UK Retail Price Index
German Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices
Housing Starts
Japanese Imports/Exports
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