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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Beazley PLC | 590.0 | 2.6% |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 156.9 | 2.0% |
| B&M European Value Retail S.A. | 565.0 | 1.5% |
| Centrica PLC | 120.3 | 1.4% |
| Johnson Matthey PLC | 1,715.0 | 1.3% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Anglo American PLC | 2,395.0 | -3.6% |
| Natwest Group PLC | 245.6 | -2.8% |
| Prudential PLC | 1,097.5 | -2.8% |
| Ocado Group PLC | 424.9 | -2.3% |
| Glencore PLC | 449.0 | -2.2% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,575 | -0.2% | 6.7% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,990 | -0.9% | 13.7% |
| DAX INDEX | 16,117 | -0.5% | 21.9% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 33,389 | 0.1% | 27.2% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,358 | 0.9% | 12.8% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 70.49 | -1.80% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 75.43 | -0.87% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,936 | -0.8% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 389 | -0.1% |
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The UK 100 called to open -17 points at 7552. The UK 100 looks set to open slightly lower this morning on the back of UK CPI data showing that inflation rose by 8.7% in the past 12 months, and remained at 0.7% for May, the same figure as this time last year. On Wall Street yesterday, Stocks ended broadly lower for the first trading day of the week, as a rally that drove the market to levels not seen in more than a year took a breather. The Dow Jones fell by 245.25 points, or 0.72%, to end at 34,053.87. The S&P 500 gave up 0.47% to trade at 4,388.71, while the Nasdaq dropped 0.16% to end the session at 13,667.29.
Anglo American says the diamond industry remains cautious heading into the summer. Their 2023 Cycle 5 De Beers sales total came in at $450m, down YoY from $657m.
Berkeley Group Holdings report a FY23 pretax profit of £604m, up 9.5% from £551.5m YoY. They state that their position is robust and that they have good earnings visibility over the next two years.
GlaxoSmithKline hails positive data for RSV vaccine Arexvy as their phase III trial indicates it gives protection over two RSV seasons.
Halfords reports a 55% fall in FY23 pretax profit YoY to £43.5m from £96.6m previously.
THG report that they’ve had a strong 2023 and expects a significant increase in H1 2023.
Barclays Downgrades Rathbones to Underweight from Equal Weight (2 Buys / 7 Holds / 0 Sells)
Barclays Upgrades AJ Bell to Equal Weight from Underweight (7 Buys / 3 Holds / 0 Sells)
Barclays Upgrades St James’s Place to Overweight from Equal Weight (7 Buys / 6 Holds / 0 Sells)
Credit Suisse Upgrades Mondi to Neutral from Underperform (4 Buys / 3 Holds / 0 Sells)
UK
Berkeley Group Holdings
Liontrust Asset Management
US
None
UK
DS Smith
Serco Group
Urban Logistics REIT
US
Accenture
UK Consumer Price Index
UK PPI Core Output
UK Retail Price Index
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 22nd June 2023:
3i Group
Airtel Africa
British Land Company
Experian
United Utilities Group
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 22nd June 2023:
Mercantile Investment Trust
Tate & Lyle
discoverIE Group
MITIE Group
Templeton Emerging Markets IT
Personal Assets Trust
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust
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