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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| RECKITT BENCKISER GROUP PLC | 6,010.0 | 3.1% |
| ANGLO AMERICAN PLC | 4,069.5 | 2.4% |
| RIO TINTO PLC | 6,225.0 | 2.4% |
| SAGE GROUP PLC/THE | 717.8 | 2.4% |
| HOWDEN JOINERY GROUP PLC | 781.0 | 1.7% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| ELECTROCOMPONENTS PLC | 1048.0 | -3.3% |
| COMPASS GROUP PLC | 1596.0 | -3.3% |
| HARGREAVES LANSDOWN PLC | 985.2 | -2.3% |
| FERGUSON PLC | 10180.0 | -1.9% |
| COCA-COLA HBC AG-DI | 1569.5 | -1.9% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,538 | 0.3% | 11.9% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 34,818 | 0.4% | 5.0% |
| DAX INDEX | 14,446 | 0.2% | -4.4% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 27,736 | 0.3% | -7.1% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,514 | 0.3% | 10.0% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 100.32 | 1.06% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 105.50 | 1.06% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,922 | -0.2% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 471 | 0.4% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +32 points at 7569. The UK’s blue-chip index of stocks looks set to open in the green, despite threats of even harsher sanctions on Russia amid war crime claims weighing on sentiment. Asia markets were higher on Monday with Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index leading gains among the major markets. The Hang Seng index surged 1.92% while markets in mainland China are closed on Monday and Tuesday for holidays. Japan's Nikkei 225 gained 0.09% and South Korea’s Kospi rose 0.57%.
Aviva names Charlotte Jones as their new CEO effective September 5th.
Ryanair says March traffic rises to 11.2m guests vs 0.5m in 2021, as they now expect a loss of 350-400m euros (250-450m previous guidance). They state that FY traffic has recovered strongly to over 97m passengers from 27.5m in FY21.
Shell: The Dutch government is expected to compensate NAM (a joint venture between Shell and Exxon) around 7.5bn euros for filling the Norg gas facility the past three years.
Barclays Downgrades Aviva to Equal Weight from Overweight (8 Buys / 4 Holds / 0 Sells)
Barclays Upgrades Just Group to Overweight from Equal Weight (2 Buys / 3 Holds / 1 Sell)
Deutsche Bank Upgrades Kingfisher to Buy from Hold (2 Buys / 10 Holds / 1 Sell)
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Homeserve
Moonpig
Eurogroup Meeting
German Trade Balance
BoE's Mann speech
US Factory Orders
FTSE 100:
Abrdn
Aviva
Lloyds Banking Group
Mondi
Smurfit Kappa Group
Barratt Developments
Howden Joinery Group
Smith (DS)
Smiths Group
Rentokil Initial
Melrose Industries
FTSE 250:
Direct Line Insurance Group
Savills
Vistry Group
TP ICAP Group
Quilter
Man Group
Grafton Group
International Public Partnerships
Domino's Pizza Group
Harbour Energy
Murray International Trust
Rotork
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund
IMI
F&C Investment Trust
Softcat
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