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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Antofagasta PLC | 1,469.5 | 3.5% |
| Barclays PLC | 153.2 | 3.4% |
| BP PLC | 492.3 | 3.3% |
| Anglo American PLC | 2,447.0 | 2.9% |
| Wpp PLC | 889.0 | 2.9% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Intercontinental Hotels Group PLC | 5,412.0 | -1.9% |
| Endeavour Mining PLC | 2,068.0 | -1.7% |
| Compass Group PLC | 2,069.0 | -1.5% |
| Hargreaves Lansdown PLC | 792.4 | -1.0% |
| Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC | 6,434.0 | -0.7% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,778 | 1.0% | 5.3% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,619 | -0.2% | 4.3% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,953 | -0.1% | 19.2% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 29,243 | 1.0% | 11.1% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,264 | -0.2% | 2.0% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 72.60 | -0.77% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 76.42 | -0.77% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,027 | 0.3% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 389 | -1.1% |
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The UK 100 called to open +11 points at 7788. The UK 100 is expected to open higher after the long weekend. In the US on Monday markets were mixed. The Dow Jones closed down 0.2%, the S&P closed flat, and the Nasdaq Composite up 0.2%. In Tokyo on this morning, the Nikkei 225 index was 1.1% higher. In China, the Shanghai Composite rose 0.2%, while the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong slipped 0.6%.
DCC says their CEO Donal Murphy is to step back from day-to-day activities amid medical condition.
Direct Line Insurance Group sees their Q1 gross written premiums increase 9.7% YoY to £805.7m. They have suffered more adverse claims in late 2022-early 2023 elevating claims in motor insurance, particularly down to vehicle damage. They state that this will put pressure on their 2023 earnings.
Ferrexpo believes that the new Mexican mining law will have no material impact on their operations.
JD Sports proposes to buy Courir in France for 520m euros.
Marshalls report that their trading performance in YTD has been weaker than originally expected.
Purplebricks says they largely expect their FY outcome to be in line with management expectations. They state that Q4 instructions did not pick up as expected and that this will largely hurt revenue and EBITDA in their new financial year.
Peel Hunt Upgrades IAG to Buy (9 Buys / 3 Holds / 0 Sells)
RBC Upgrades Intertek to Sector Perform from Underperform (6 Buys / 7 Holds / 2 Sells)
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Renewables Infrastructure Group
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