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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| BP PLC | 414.3 | 5.8% |
| BAE SYSTEMS PLC | 766.6 | 3.6% |
| INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINE-DI | 149.0 | 3.5% |
| BT GROUP PLC | 183.3 | 3.4% |
| SAINSBURY (J) PLC | 240.9 | 3.3% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| SEGRO PLC | 1204.0 | -10.3% |
| AVAST PLC | 531.6 | -5.7% |
| HOWDEN JOINERY GROUP PLC | 724.6 | -4.8% |
| CRODA INTERNATIONAL PLC | 7440.0 | -4.7% |
| SPIRAX-SARCO ENGINEERING PLC | 11720.0 | -3.5% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,561 | 0.2% | 8.5% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,136 | 0.2% | -2.9% |
| DAX INDEX | 14,039 | 0.7% | -7.9% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 26,819 | -0.1% | -6.9% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,316 | -0.4% | 3.5% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 102.70 | -2.35% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 105.16 | -2.25% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,868 | 0.3% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 429 | 0.5% |
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The UK 100 is called to open flat this morning at 7560. The UK 100 looks set to start modestly higher this morning, as most investors are prepared for a US interest rate rise when the Federal Reserve meet later today, consensus is a 50 basis point rate rise today would be of no surprise to most in the market, taking the Fed interest rate to 1%. Yesterday on Wall Street saw the Dow Jones add 67 points or 0.2% to finish at 33,128 whilst the S&P 500 nudged up 0.49% to 4,175. The Nasdaq was also higher by 0.22% to close at 12,563, whilst the small-cap Russell 2000 index performed best, rallying some 0.85% to 1,898. In Asia this morning, trading was mixed, Japan’s Nikkei traded slightly lower at 26,818 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was 1.2% lower at 20,850. The Shanghai Composite, meanwhile, traded up slightly to 3,047.
Aston Martin confirm that their CEO Tobias Moers will step down with immediate effect and former Ferrari boss Amedeo Felisa will take the helm. They reported a Q1 pretax loss of £111.6m (2021: £42.2m loss) which was in line with expectations, as they maintain 2022 guidance.
Boohoo report that their FY pretax profit fell 94% to £7.8m (down from £124.7m profit last year).
Cineworld have approached Regal Entertainment to reschedule payment obligations as they aim to "maximise its available liquidity" and they are "hopeful that a satisfactory agreement can be reached" with Regal.
Direct Line Insurance Group report that their Q1 FY22 written premiums were down 2.4% to £734.2m.
Flutter's Q1 revenue came in at $1.57bn v $1.49bn a year ago, as their Q1 average monthly players came in at 8.9m v 7.7m last year, +15 YoY.
J D Wetherspoon says they expect to "break-even" for profits in the current financial year as economies reopened, although it warned of rising cost pressures related to labour, energy and inflation. They have returned to profitability and to a positive cash flow since March 13th, adding that like-for-like sales for the 13 weeks to April 24th were 4% below pre-pandemic levels.
Ryanair report traffic numbers of 14.2m guests during April 2022 v 1m guests April 2021.
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