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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| ASTRAZENECA PLC | 8,833.0 | 4.2% |
| NEXT PLC | 8,394.0 | 3.9% |
| INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINE-DI | 186.7 | 2.6% |
| HIKMA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC | 2,447.0 | 2.5% |
| RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC | 585.0 | 2.3% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| ROYAL MAIL PLC | 437.0 | -8.8% |
| TAYLOR WIMPEY PLC | 155.7 | -1.9% |
| ADMIRAL GROUP PLC | 3126.0 | -1.7% |
| POLYMETAL INTERNATIONAL PLC | 1233.0 | -1.6% |
| SMITH & NEPHEW PLC | 1315.0 | -1.2% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,108 | 1.1% | 21.2% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 34,391 | 0.3% | 23.8% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,365 | 0.8% | 20.4% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 29,453 | -0.3% | 27.0% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,332 | 1.9% | 26.1% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 74.83 | 0.00% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 78.52 | -0.15% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,730 | 0.2% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 420 | -0.1% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +33 points today at 7141. Calls for a positive open comes as traders prepare for the last trading session of this quarter. US benchmarks saw a mixed close to Wednesday, with the Dow Jones ending the trading session higher by 90 points or 0.26% at 34,390. The S&P 500 was up 0.16% at 4,359, however the Nasdaq closed lower, down 0.24% at 14,512. The small cap centred Russell 2,000 also finished Wednesday lower at 2,225. In Asia this morning, Japan’s Nikkei was up modestly higher at 29,545 whilst Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was a marginally lower at 29,541. China's Shanghai composite was 0.75% stronger at the end of the session to trade at 3,562.
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