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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| CRH PLC | 4,212.0 | 2.5% |
| BP PLC | 463.9 | 2.2% |
| Shell PLC | 2,361.5 | 1.7% |
| Convatec Group PLC | 208.6 | 1.4% |
| Ocado Group PLC | 428.5 | 1.1% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Smurfit Kappa Group PLC | 2,666.0 | -5.4% |
| Smith (Ds) PLC | 292.8 | -5.1% |
| Burberry Group PLC | 2,136.0 | -4.5% |
| Natwest Group PLC | 236.4 | -3.6% |
| Persimmon PLC | 1,140.3 | -3.6% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,565 | -0.1% | 5.4% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 34,011 | -0.1% | 11.3% |
| DAX INDEX | 16,045 | -0.4% | 20.9% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 33,575 | 0.6% | 28.4% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,315 | -0.6% | 12.4% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 72.11 | 1.29% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 76.65 | 0.99% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,931 | -0.3% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 392 | 0.6% |
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The UK 100 called to open -70 points at 7490. The UK 100 looks set to fall sharply this morning ahead of todays BoE interest rate meeting, where another rate hike is expected. Overnight, Wall Street's main stock indices all finished in the red after Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell suggested he was not done hiking rates. The falls were led by tech stocks, with the Nasdaq falling 1.2% to 13,502, while the S&P 500 slipped 0.5% to 4,366 and the Dow Jones closed down 0.3% at 33,951.
DS Smith reported that their box volumes remained lower than normal while trading was in line with expectations so far this year. Their profit before tax rose 75% to £661m for the year ended April 30th on a reported basis.
GlaxoSmithKline says their drug Arexy has been backed by US CDC immunisation advisory committee in adults aged 60+.
Speedy Hire appoints Paul Rayner as CFO from July 1st.
Whitbread reported that their Q1 sales came in ahead of last year’s figures, supported by strong demand for travel and leisure with a robust performance from its UK hotels. L-f-L sales growth in the UK was up 14% YoY, with total L-f-L sales growth 15% above year-ago levels.
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 22nd June 2023:
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Airtel Africa
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UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 22nd June 2023:
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MITIE Group
Templeton Emerging Markets IT
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