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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Jd Sports Fashion PLC | 126.2 | 2.4% |
| Coca-Cola Hbc AG | 1,973.0 | 2.3% |
| Fresnillo PLC | 901.8 | 1.9% |
| Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC | 722.8 | 1.0% |
| Next PLC | 5,806.0 | 0.9% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Barratt Developments PLC | 396.8 | -3.1% |
| Persimmon PLC | 1,217.0 | -3.0% |
| Bt Group PLC | 112.1 | -2.7% |
| Ocado Group PLC | 616.8 | -2.6% |
| Rightmove PLC | 511.4 | -2.5% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,452 | -0.8% | 0.9% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,147 | -0.2% | -8.8% |
| DAX INDEX | 14,057 | 1.0% | -11.5% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 26,095 | 0.0% | -9.4% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,039 | 0.3% | -5.5% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 80.26 | 2.37% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 85.91 | 2.94% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,824 | 0.5% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 381 | -0.4% |
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The UK 100 called to open +40 points at 7492. The UK’s bluechip index looks set to start the year on the front foot after the New Year holiday after European markets made progress yesterday and the Hang Seng advanced strongly today. Although corporate news will likely be thin today, a number of PMI releases over the past couple of days may be of interest to investors, data showed further falls in manufacturing activity in China in Germany.
Cineworld says they are not in talks with AMC Entertainment for sale of cinema assets.
Essentra appoints Scott Fawcett as CEO.
Hikma Pharmaceutical launches sodium oxybate medicine in the US for narcolepsy treatment.
Inchcape acquires Latin American automotive distributor Derco for £1.3bn.
Wizz Air carries 4.2m passengers in December at a 84.5% load factor. December traffic +58% and capacity +41% YoY.
Jefferies Downgrades SSE to Hold from Buy (8 Buys / 2 Holds / 0 Sells)
Jefferies Upgrades Rolls-Royce to Buy from Hold (1 Buy / 9 Holds / 1 Sell)
JP Morgan Downgrades GlaxoSmithKline to Underweight from Neutral (7 Buys / 12 Holds / 2 Sells)
JP Morgan Upgrades Hikma Pharmaceuticals to Overweight from Neutral (5 Buys / 4 Holds / 0 Sells)
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Chinese Caixin Manufacturing PMI
German Unemployment Change
UK S&P Global/CIPS Manufacturing PMI
German Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices
US S&P Global Manufacturing PMI
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 5th January 2023:
Auto Trader Group
Experian
F&C Investment Trust
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 29th December 2022:
Qinetiq Group
WH Smith
Workspace Group
Big Yellow Group
Dr. Martens
Murray International Trust
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