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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| BT Group PLC | 144.95 | 3% |
| Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC | 647.80 | 2% |
| Flutter Entertainment PLC | 16400 | 2% |
| St James’s Place PLC | 1145 | 1.8% |
| SSE PLC | 1868 | 1.7% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| JD Sports Fashion PLC | 159.25 | -7.7% |
| Burberry Group PLC | 2290 | -4.1% |
| Persimmon PLC | 1307 | -2.6% |
| Berkeley Group Holdings (The) PLC | 4234 | -2.4% |
| International Consolidated Airlines Group SA | 157.25 | -1.9% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,756 | 0.19% | 4.96% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,426 | -0.33% | 6.92% |
| DAX INDEX | 16,275 | 0.69% | 16.40% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 31,044 | 0.77% | 16.08% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,266 | -0.18% | 1.69% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 70.96 | -0.82% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 74.82 | -1.01% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,972 | -0.26% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 368.90 | -1.15% |
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The UK 100 called to open -2 points at 7,768. UK 100 is set to open slightly lower on Monday as talks over raising the US debt ceiling continue. The US ended lower on Friday with the Dow closing -0.3%, S&P -0.1% and Nasdaq -0.2%. In Asia on Monday the Nikkei closed +0.8%, Shanghai -0.1% and Hong Kong +1.1%.
Dechra Pharmaceuticals sees their FY underlying operating profit to be below £186m. They state that the trading environment between January-April 2023 has been more volatile and challenging than anticipated.
Johnson Matthey and Hystar sign a 3-year partnership in renewable hydrogen production.
NatWest buys back 469.2m shares from HM Treasury for £1.26bn at 268.4p per share.
Ryanair swings to a 1.44bn euro profit as revenue doubles. They were cautiously optimistic that profits would rise modestly in the next 12 months, with summer demand notably robust.
Wise CFO Matthew Briers is to step down after 8 years in his role by March 2024.
Citigroup adds BT Group to “European Focus List” (9 Buys / 4 Holds / 1 Sell)
UK
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Schroder Oriental Income Fund
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Bytes Technology Group
Cranswick
RS Group
SSP Group
Warehouse REIT
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Intuit
Palo Alto Networks
PBoC Interest Rate Decision
EU Consumer Confidence
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 25th May 2023:
Kingfisher
Intertek Group
Whitbread
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 25th May 2023:
Diversified Energy Company
Bellway
IP Group
TI Fluid Systems
Victrex
Spire Healthcare Group
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