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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 518.9 | 3.6% |
| BARCLAYS PLC | 162.8 | 3.2% |
| AIRTEL AFRICA PLC | 152.6 | 2.6% |
| FRESNILLO PLC | 818.8 | 2.3% |
| STANDARD CHARTERED PLC | 615.6 | 2.3% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| WPP PLC | 875.6 | -9.3% |
| SSE PLC | 1766.0 | -7.9% |
| SCOTTISH MORTGAGE INV TR PLC | 693.2 | -6.5% |
| ROYAL MAIL PLC | 313.7 | -5.5% |
| HARGREAVES LANSDOWN PLC | 829.4 | -5.0% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,484 | -0.4% | 6.1% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 31,666 | -0.7% | -7.9% |
| DAX INDEX | 13,920 | -1.8% | -9.8% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 26,748 | -0.9% | -6.3% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,129 | -0.3% | 0.2% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 109.64 | -0.59% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 113.32 | -0.09% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,866 | 0.7% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 431 | -0.8% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +38 points this morning at 7522. The UK 100 looks set to continue on the front foot this morning and open in the green. On Wall Street yesterday the Dow Jones finished Tuesday 48 points, or 0.15%, higher at 31,928 whilst the S&P closed down 0.8% at 3,941. The Nasdaq, however, fell 2.35% as the tech sector continued to digest the profit warning of Snap, this comes after the release of not-so-bad-as-feared meeting minutes from the Federal Reserve which indicated fears of a larger interest rate hike this month were overblown. In Asia, Japan’s Nikkei was up only very slightly at 26,749 whilst Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was 0.1% higher at 20,136. Elsewhere, the Shanghai Composite was stronger, rising 0.7% to 3,092.
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RBNZ Interest Rate Decision
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RBNZ Press Conference
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