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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| PEARSON PLC | 607.6 | 3.0% |
| FRESNILLO PLC | 876.8 | 2.8% |
| INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINE-DI | 167.2 | 2.3% |
| SMITH & NEPHEW PLC | 1,292.5 | 1.9% |
| WPP PLC | 1,067.0 | 1.7% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| DARKTRACE PLC | 600.0 | -5.1% |
| COCA-COLA HBC AG-DI | 2516.0 | -3.4% |
| NEXT PLC | 8036.0 | -3.3% |
| BP PLC | 334.9 | -2.9% |
| INFORMA PLC | 523.2 | -2.2% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,249 | -0.4% | 23.2% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 36,158 | 0.3% | 29.8% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,960 | 0.0% | 29.5% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 29,794 | 0.9% | 27.9% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,428 | 0.5% | 22.5% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 80.54 | -0.40% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 81.95 | -0.05% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,775 | 0.3% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 436 | 0.9% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +25 points today at 7273. The UK 100 is seen starting Thursday on the front foot ahead of todays Bank of England interest rate meeting. On Wall Street yesterday stocks rose to new records on after the Federal Reserve made the announcement to slow the monthly bond purchases the central bank implemented during the pandemic. The Dow Jones rose 104.95 points to close at 36,157.58, after being down more than 160 points earlier in the session, and closed at a new record. The S&P traded up 0.65% to 4,660.57 to also close at a new all-time high. The Nasdaq added 1% to 15,811.58 and completed a trio of record closes. This is the fourth session in a row that all three major averages closed at new highs. This morning in Asia, Japan’s Nikkei was up 0.9% at 29,794 whilst Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was nudged 0.14% higher at 25,059. The Shanghai Composite, meanwhile, traded up 0.78% to 3,525.
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