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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| SHELL PLC | 2,312.0 | 3.0% |
| ANTOFAGASTA PLC | 1,156.5 | 2.8% |
| ANGLO AMERICAN PLC | 2,931.5 | 2.7% |
| HALEON PLC | 269.4 | 2.3% |
| BP PLC | 459.2 | 2.3% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| OCADO GROUP PLC | 803.6 | -4.5% |
| INFORMA PLC | 545.2 | -4.0% |
| SMITHS GROUP PLC | 1506.0 | -3.9% |
| RELX PLC | 2360.0 | -3.3% |
| AIRTEL AFRICA PLC | 136.8 | -3.1% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,482 | -0.7% | 5.3% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 32,961 | -0.3% | -6.7% |
| DAX INDEX | 13,201 | -0.2% | -16.2% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 28,453 | -1.2% | 2.6% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,962 | -1.2% | -7.2% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 93.96 | 3.98% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 99.79 | 3.43% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,752 | 0.9% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 369 | 1.1% |
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The UK 100 is called to open -7 points this morning at 7480. The UK 100 looks set to open marginally in the red this morning following weak performances in the US on Tuesday and in Asia overnight. Markets in Asia came under pressure as more covid lockdowns in China, this time in a city just outside Beijing. In the US, The Dow Jones closed Tuesday down 154 points, 0.5%, at 32,910, the Nasdaq stayed nearly perfectly flat at 12,381 and the S&P dipped 9 points, 0.2%, to 4,129.
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Lookers reports that their H1 pretax profit has narrowed to £49.9m (2021: £50.4m) as they declare an interim dividend of 1p per share. Trading in July and August was in line with expectations as they're well-positioned for 2022 and beyond.
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