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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Fresnillo PLC | 677.2 | 4.5% |
| B&M European Value Retail S.A. | 529.4 | 3.8% |
| Melrose Industries PLC | 488.4 | 3.6% |
| Anglo American PLC | 2,299.5 | 3.4% |
| Prudential PLC | 1,091.0 | 3.3% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| National Grid PLC | 1,055.0 | -4.6% |
| Ocado Group PLC | 352.4 | -4.5% |
| Auto Trader Group PLC | 608.6 | -3.4% |
| Severn Trent PLC | 2,707.0 | -2.4% |
| London Stock Exchange Group PLC | 8,458.0 | -1.1% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,490 | 0.6% | -0.6% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,062 | 0.5% | -0.6% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,854 | 1.2% | 9.5% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 31,524 | 1.2% | 15.0% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,145 | 0.5% | -0.4% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 70.85 | 1.07% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 75.10 | 1.10% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,978 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 374 | 0.8% |
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The UK 100 called to open +40 points at 7530. The UK 100 looks set to open firmly higher on Friday after the Senate passed legislation allowing the US to avoid an unprecedented debt default, sparking strong gains in Asian markets. In Tokyo this morning, the Nikkei 225 index was up 1.1%. The Shanghai Composite was up 0.8%, while the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong was up 3.7%. Yesterday saw US stocks also close higher. The Dow Jones rose 153.30 points, to end at 33,061.57. The S&P 500 gained 41.19 points to settle at 4,221.02 and the Nasdaq Composite jumped 165.70 points at 13,100.98.
Dechra Pharmaceuticals reaches an agreement with EQT on recommended cash acquisition which they intend to recommend to its shareholders. They state that the offer is for 3,875p in cash per share which implies an enterprise value of £4.88bn.
International Consolidated Airlines Group SA have been fined almost £1m by the US government over claims it failed to pay refunds for cancelled flights during the COVID pandemic.
Informa: Bank of America’s stake in Informa falls to 1.1% from 8.8%.
Ryanair’s May traffic grows 10% to 17m guests, up from 15.4m guests YoY.
Wizz Air reports May 2023 passengers of 5m, up 22% from 4.1m YoY. Their rolling 12 months to May 31st passenger numbers of 59.8m were up 43% from 41.8m YoY.
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 8th June 2023:
Vodafone Group
Sainsbury (J)
Johnson Matthey
WPP
Centrica
Compass Group
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 8th June 2023:
RHI Magnesita N.V.
FDM Group (Holdings)
Dr. Martens
Morgan Advanced Materials
C&C Group
Energean
Assura
IntegraFin Holdings
AJ Bell
Edinburgh Investment Trust
Worldwide Healthcare Trust
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