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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Airtel Africa PLC | 117.4 | 3.5% |
| Centrica PLC | 97.0 | 1.8% |
| GSK PLC | 1,461.0 | 1.5% |
| Fresnillo PLC | 827.4 | 1.3% |
| National Grid PLC | 1,040.0 | 0.6% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Prudential PLC | 1,289.5 | -4.8% |
| Ocado Group PLC | 713.8 | -3.4% |
| Hargreaves Lansdown PLC | 918.4 | -3.3% |
| Bt Group PLC | 130.4 | -3.2% |
| Land Securities Group PLC | 721.2 | -2.8% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,837 | -0.8% | 3.5% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,891 | -0.1% | -3.4% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,346 | -0.8% | 0.9% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 27,685 | 0.0% | 1.6% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,504 | -0.5% | 5.5% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 75.18 | 1.44% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 82.01 | 1.26% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,875 | 0.4% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 405 | 0.4% |
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The UK 100 called to open +13 points at 7849. The UK 100 looks set to open higher this morning, this follows a mixed session in Asia overnight, the Nikkei 225 index closed marginally lower in Tokyo while in China, the Shanghai Composite was up 0.3% and the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong was up 0.5%. In the US, the Dow closed Monday down 36 points or 0.1%, at 33,890, the Nasdaq dropped 120 points or 1%, to end the session at 11,887 and the S&P shed 26 points or 0.6%, to close the session at 4,111.
AstraZeneca’s Forxiga has been approved in the EU for treatment of symptomatic chronic heart failure.
BP reported a record profit of $27.6bn in 2022 which was lifted by a surge in energy prices since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as the company also boosted its dividend by 10%. Their Q4 underlying replacement cost profit reached $4.8bn, compared with forecasts of $5bn profit.
GKP says their export pipeline to Ceyhan, Turkey has been temporarily suspended.
Relx have agreed to buy Aistemos for around £30m to enhance their intellectual property analytics.
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 2nd February 2023:
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UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 2nd February 2023:
Virgin Money UK
Greencoat UK Wind
Henderson Smaller Cos Inv Tst
GCP Infrastructure Investments
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust
Impax Environmental Markets
UK Commercial Property REIT
Balanced Commercial Property Trust
Target Healthcare REIT
Renewables Infrastructure Group
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