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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| COMPASS GROUP PLC | 1,720.0 | 4.0% |
| SHELL PLC | 1,960.0 | 1.4% |
| ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 116.7 | 1.3% |
| VODAFONE GROUP PLC | 133.6 | 1.0% |
| LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC | 53.3 | 0.8% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| FLUTTER ENTERTAINMENT PLC-DI | 10620.0 | -5.3% |
| BT GROUP PLC | 186.1 | -4.8% |
| CRODA INTERNATIONAL PLC | 7810.0 | -4.7% |
| DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC | 4056.0 | -4.5% |
| RIGHTMOVE PLC | 637.6 | -4.5% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,529 | -0.7% | 15.7% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 35,368 | -0.7% | 15.1% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,368 | -1.6% | 10.3% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 27,241 | -1.1% | -4.9% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,078 | -0.1% | 4.6% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 90.03 | 2.01% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 90.96 | 1.67% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,806 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 447 | -0.5% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +55 points today at 7583. The UK 100 looks set to rebound today despite a difficult trading session for US investors on Wall Street yesterday. The Nasdaq posting its worst one-day fall since March 2020, as investors bailed out of stock in Meta Platforms, the giant advertising and personal data harvesting machine that owns Facebook. The Dow Jones fell by 518 points to settle at 35,111, getting off relatively lightly, while the S&P's 112 points drop to end at 4,477 did not fare so well. In Asia this morning, the picture was significantly brighter, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index surged more than 3% after returning to trade on Friday following the Lunar New Year holidays. Markets in Mainland China remained closed on Friday for the holidays. Japan’s Nikkei 225 gained 0.73% while South Korea’s Kospi surged 1.57% to 2,750.24.
Airtel Africa reported a Q3 pretax profit of $864m, up 79% from 4482m YoY. Their customer base makes 3.1m net additions in Q3, with 1.9m in Nigeria.
Aston Martin have signed a long-term partnership with Aramco, in a move it hopes will aid its ambition of winning races and championships.
Shaftesbury says their outlook is positive as international leisure and business travel resume.
SSP Group report that their revenue is at 62% of 2019 levels during the first four months of their FY, as trading has recovered well with sales at 66% of 2019 levels in the first nine weeks. Their Q1 underlying EBITDA was positive in line with Q4 FY21.
Barclays Downgrades EnQuest Energy to Equal weight from Overweight (3 Buys / 0 Holds / 0 Sells)
Barclays Upgrades Tullow Oil to Overweight from Equal weight (5 Buys / 6 Holds / 3 sells)
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