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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Associated British Foods PLC | 1,916.0 | 4.1% |
| Bt Group PLC | 149.9 | 4.0% |
| Melrose Industries PLC | 519.6 | 3.3% |
| Ocado Group PLC | 370.0 | 3.2% |
| Ashtead Group PLC | 5,266.0 | 2.1% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Convatec Group PLC | 201.6 | -2.4% |
| Entain PLC | 1,277.5 | -2.1% |
| Admiral Group PLC | 2,342.0 | -2.1% |
| Segro PLC | 812.8 | -2.1% |
| SSE PLC | 1,843.0 | -2.0% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,617 | -0.2% | 0.5% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,622 | 0.1% | 1.2% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,959 | -0.2% | 9.8% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 31,914 | -1.8% | 13.0% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,118 | -0.2% | 0.3% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 72.61 | 1.21% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 77.06 | 1.01% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,957 | -0.3% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 377 | 0.0% |
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The UK 100 called to open flat at 7627. The UK 100 looks set to open flat this morning after a mixed session on Wall Street yesterday following a surprise interest rate rise from the Bank of Canada. The Dow Jones closed up 91.74 points at 33,665.02. The S&P fell 16.33 points to settle at 4,267.52 and the Nasdaq slipped 171.52 points, ending the session at 13,104.90. It was also a mixed session in Asia, this morning, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.2%, despite better-than-expected growth numbers. In China, the Shanghai Composite was 0.7% higher, while the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong was up 0.4%.
Crest Nicholson have warned of a further slowdown in the housing market after they posted a slump in HY profit as elevated mortgage rates and broader economic worries dampened demand. They reported an adjusted pretax profit for the 6 months ended April 30th of £20.9m, down from £52.5m a year earlier.
M&G report that Q1 net client flows excluding heritage came in at £400m, down from £1.6bn YoY. Their assets under management came in at £344bn as of March 31st, up from £342bn YoY. M&G CEO is “both confident and excited” for the future despite the “uncertain external environment”.
Mitie Group reports FY net income of £91m.
Ryanair says US class action dating back to Nov 2018 settled after mediation between parties. The total settlement amount with City of Birmingham pension fund is $5m.
Wizz Air Holdings posted an annual net loss of 535m euros after its operations were affected by the war in Ukraine and higher fuel costs. They’ve forecast to make a net profit in its new financial year.
Citi Group Upgrades Rio Tinto to Buy from Neutral (6 Buys / 9 Holds / 2 Sells)
JP Morgan Upgrades Clarkson to Overweight from Neutral (4 Buys / 2 Holds / 0 Sells)
M&G
Mitie Group
Wizz Air Holdings
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Signet Jewelers
DocuSign
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 8th June 2023:
Vodafone Group
Sainsbury (J)
Johnson Matthey
WPP
Centrica
Compass Group
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 8th June 2023:
RHI Magnesita N.V.
FDM Group (Holdings)
Dr. Martens
Morgan Advanced Materials
C&C Group
Energean
Assura
IntegraFin Holdings
AJ Bell
Edinburgh Investment Trust
Worldwide Healthcare Trust
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