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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Ocado Group PLC | 559.9 | 5.5% |
| Vodafone Group PLC | 72.4 | 3.3% |
| Standard Chartered PLC | 672.0 | 2.1% |
| International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. | 160.3 | 2.1% |
| Prudential PLC | 1,096.0 | 1.8% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| BT Group PLC | 123.1 | -3.6% |
| JD Sports Fashion PLC | 142.3 | -3.0% |
| Croda International PLC | 5,474.0 | -1.9% |
| Persimmon PLC | 1,043.0 | -1.8% |
| Convatec Group PLC | 206.6 | -1.4% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,459 | 0.1% | 2.5% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,843 | 0.4% | 7.7% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,839 | 0.2% | 19.8% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 32,538 | -0.5% | 20.3% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,118 | 0.6% | 6.2% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 68.70 | -0.97% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 73.43 | -1.01% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,915 | -0.4% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 380 | -0.3% |
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The UK 100 called to open +20 points at 7,488. UK 100 is set to open higher on Wednesday after a strong finish for equities in the US on Tuesday on the back of surprisingly resilient US economic data. Dow closed +0.6%, S&P +1.2% and Nasdaq +1.7%. In Asia the Nikkei closed +1.8%, Shanghai -0.1% and Hang Seng -0.2%.
AstraZeneca announces a $400m investment in global AZ Forest programme.
Boohoo outlines “serious concerns” regarding conduct of Revolution Beauty’s board, (the company Boohoo part owns) as they are committed to wholesale board changes.
Mulberry report that their FY pretax profit has fallen to £13.2m from £21.3m YoY as they recommend a final dividend of 1p per share for FY23 vs 3p in FY22. They are confident in their strategy, as they continue to invest and plan for further store openings.
JP Morgan places Admiral Group on “negative catalyst watch” (2 Buys / 3 Holds / 3 Sells)
JP Morgan places Direct Line Insurance Group on “negative catalyst watch” (5 Buys / 7 Holds / 0 Sells)
JP Morgan Upgrades Sage Group to Overweight from Neutral (9 Buys / 8 Holds / 2 Sells)
UK
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust
US
Micron Technology
UK
B&M European Value Retail
Baltic Classifieds Group
US
Nike Inc
German Gfk Consumer Confidence Survey
BoE's Pill speech
US Bank Stress Test Info
Japanese Large Retailer Sales
Japanese Retail Trade
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 29th June 2023:
Burberry Group
B&M European Value Retail S.A.
F&C Investment Trust
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 29th June 2023:
Liontrust Asset Management
Bank of Georgia Group
Urban Logistics REIT
TR Property Investment Trust
JPMorgan European Discovery Trust
Caledonia Investments
Premier Foods
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