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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| ANGLO AMERICAN PLC | 3,261.5 | 4.0% |
| ANTOFAGASTA PLC | 1,606.5 | 4.0% |
| RIO TINTO PLC | 6,305.0 | 4.0% |
| WPP PLC | 1,010.5 | 3.8% |
| BHP GROUP PLC | 2,199.0 | 3.6% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 446.3 | -2.0% |
| BURBERRY GROUP PLC | 2108.0 | -1.3% |
| LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP | 7482.0 | -1.2% |
| ASTRAZENECA PLC | 7957.0 | -1.1% |
| B&M EUROPEAN VALUE RETAIL SA | 569.8 | -1.1% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,080 | 0.8% | 13.8% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 34,575 | 0.1% | 34.3% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,567 | 1.0% | 29.5% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 28,946 | 0.5% | 29.7% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,218 | 1.1% | 23.7% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 67.93 | 0.31% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 70.54 | 0.41% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,898 | -0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 465 | -0.1% |
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UK 100 is called to open +2 points this morning at 7082. Calls for a modestly higher open today come after a strong start to June on Tuesday, which saw oil touch $71 a barrel. It was a mixed day on Wall Street yesterday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing up 0.13% at 34,575, having been 250 points higher in early trading, while the S&P 500 dropped 0.05% to 4,202 and the Nasdaq fell 0.09% to 13,736 having also given up early gains. The picture was similarly mixed in Asia this morning, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 up 0.38% while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was down 0.53%.
Bloomsbury publishing declared a special dividend and posted a 22% surge in annual earnings as people turned to books during the COVID-19 lockdowns. Profit before taxation and highlighted items rose to £19.2m (2020: £15.7m).
CRH confirms Jim Mintern has succeeded Senan Murphy as finance director.
Kingfisher agrees to a £550m 3-year revolving credit facility.
Ryanair's May traffic numbers increased sharply to 1.8m passengers vs 70,000 in May 2020.
Wizz Air expects FY22 loss unless "accelerated" lifting of restrictions.
Berenberg Upgrades Tate & Lyle to Buy from Hold (1 Buy / 6 Holds / 0 Sells)
Jefferies Downgrades Greencore to Hold from Buy (4 Buys / 2 Holds / 0 Sells)
Wizz Air Holding
B&M European Value Retail
Chemring Group
Pennon Group
Workspace Group
Fed's Beige Book
UK 100:
Kingfisher
Associated British Foods
Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust
National Grid
UK 250:
Vectura Group (Consolidation)
Synthomer
Balfour Beatty
Hill & Smith Holdings
Marshalls
Computacenter
Hilton Food Group
Alliance Trust
Jlen Environmental Assets Group
Temple Bar Investment Trust
Victrex
Worldwide Healthcare Trust
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