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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Anglo American PLC | 2,629.5 | 5.0% |
| Antofagasta PLC | 1,515.5 | 5.0% |
| Glencore PLC | 453.0 | 4.7% |
| International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. | 138.8 | 4.2% |
| Fresnillo PLC | 739.4 | 4.1% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Standard Chartered PLC | 609.8 | -3.8% |
| Barclays PLC | 136.3 | -2.4% |
| Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC | 659.1 | -1.8% |
| Centrica PLC | 100.0 | -1.2% |
| Rentokil Initial PLC | 543.8 | -0.6% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,410 | 1.0% | -1.7% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 32,083 | 0.7% | -7.7% |
| DAX INDEX | 14,945 | 1.2% | 3.1% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 26,946 | -1.4% | 0.4% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,899 | -1.4% | -5.2% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 66.40 | -0.51% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 72.74 | -0.32% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,977 | -0.6% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 393 | 1.1% |
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The UK 100 called to open +41 points at 7453. The UK 100 looks set to open higher extending Monday’s gains as the banking sector showed signs of stabilising and investors focus seems to be moving towards monetary policy moves in the US and the UK. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones closed up 382.60 points, or 1.2%, at 32,244.58. The S&P gained 34.93 points, or 0.9% to end the day at 3,951.57 and the Nasdaq advanced 45.02 points, or 0.4%, to end at 11,675.54.
Kingfisher reported a 20% fall in 2022-23 profit after the pandemic drove a record outcome in the previous year and forecast a further fall in its new financial year. They reported an adjusted operating profit of £758m in the year to Jan 31st 2023, versus guidance of £730-760m and £949m made in 2021-22.
Pearson sells Pearson Online Learning Services to Regent for undisclosed sum.
ScS says they are on track for an annual underlying pretax profit in line with market consensus of £7.7m.
Trustpilot reports 2022 revenue of $149m, up 23% from $131m YoY. Their 2022 pretax loss narrows to $15m from $26.6m YoY.
Redburn Downgrades Intercontinental Hotels to Sell from Neutral (5 Buys / 12 Holds / 1 Sell)
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Diversified Energy Company
Kingfisher
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Nike
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Essentra
Vistry Group
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 23rd March 2023:
Schroders
British American Tobacco
Pearson
Prudential
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 20th March 2023:
Essentra
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 23rd March 2023:
OSB Group
CLS Holdings
Close Brothers Group
Hikma Pharmaceuticals
Hipgnosis Songs Fund
Chemring Group
HgCapital Trust
Volution Group
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