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| Wednesday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| COMPASS GROUP PLC | 1,522.0 | 1.9% |
| SAINSBURY (J) PLC | 271.8 | 1.1% |
| SCOTTISH MORTGAGE INV TR PLC | 1,331.0 | 0.8% |
| INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROU | 4,810.0 | 0.5% |
| NEXT PLC | 7,856.0 | 0.4% |
| Wednesday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| PRUDENTIAL PLC | 1373.5 | -3.6% |
| EVRAZ PLC | 592.0 | -3.3% |
| INTERMEDIATE CAPITAL GROUP | 2124.0 | -3.0% |
| OCADO GROUP PLC | 2003.0 | -2.9% |
| JUST EAT TAKEAWAY | 6692.0 | -2.7% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,037 | -0.7% | 14.3% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 34,503 | 0.6% | 34.1% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,531 | -1.0% | 26.7% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 28,707 | -0.3% | 29.7% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,266 | -0.7% | 22.4% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 73.73 | 0.35% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 75.13 | 0.49% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,779 | 0.5% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 427 | -0.5% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +35 points today at 7070. In focus today will be data releases which could potentially provide the next catalyst for markets, with both UK & US manufacturing PMI data out today, along side US jobless claims. Stocks in Asia were mostly lower on Thursday as Chinese factory activity growth slowed in June. In Japan, the Nikkei fell 0.43%. The Shanghai Composite in China rose 0.23% while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index slipped 0.57%. On Wednesday, the Dow Jones rose 210 points, helped by a 2.7% rise in Walmart. The S&P registered a gain of 0.13% to close at a fresh record of 4,297.50. The Nasdaq however was the relative underperformer, dipping 0.2% as Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google-parent Alphabet closed lower.
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