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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Sainsbury (J) PLC | 263.2 | 2.3% |
| Taylor Wimpey PLC | 103.0 | 2.3% |
| Berkeley Group Holdings (The) PLC | 3,859.0 | 2.3% |
| Whitbread PLC | 3,337.0 | 2.0% |
| Jd Sports Fashion PLC | 146.7 | 2.0% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Vodafone Group PLC | 70.6 | -2.8% |
| Bae Systems PLC | 917.4 | -2.2% |
| Ocado Group PLC | 528.0 | -1.8% |
| Endeavour Mining PLC | 1,856.0 | -1.6% |
| Haleon PLC | 321.9 | -1.6% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,460 | 0.0% | 3.5% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,689 | -0.1% | 7.0% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,830 | 0.0% | 20.5% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 32,699 | -0.3% | 21.7% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,079 | -0.3% | 7.6% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 69.28 | 0.17% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 74.07 | 0.30% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,926 | 0.3% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 380 | -0.4% |
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The UK 100 called to open +37 points at 7489. The UK 100 looks set to open higher today taking heart from a fall in the rate of growth of shop price inflation and news that China is on course to hits its 5% economic growth target, cooling recent interest rate concerns. Asian markets were mixed. In Tokyo, the Nikkei index was down 0.5%. In China, the Shanghai Composite was up 1.3%, while the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong was up 2.0%. On Wall Street yesterday, The S&P 500 was down around 0.4%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was roughly flat. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite led the way down, dropping over 1%.
AstraZeneca says Xigduo XR has been approved in China for adults with type-2 diabetes.
GlaxoSmithKline gets “fast track” designation from US FDA for potential gonorrhoea vaccine.
JD Sports expects their headline profit before tax and adjusted items to be in line with consensus. They expect their FY24 adjusted pretax profit to be in line with consensus of £1.04bn. They state that moderation of sales growth in may was in line with management expectations.
Johnson Matthey targets high single digit growth in short-term for catalyst technologies.
PZ Cussons says devaluation of Nigerian currency may impact FY24 results. They see FY revenue growth of 6% as profits are on track.
Telecom Plus are on track to achieve medium-term target of welcoming 1m new customers.
UBS Downgrades BT Group to Sell from Neutral (6 Buys / 5 Holds / 1 Sell)
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ICG Enterprise Trust
PZ Cussons
Telecom Plus
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SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust
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Micron Technology
US Durable Goods Orders
US Durable Goods Orders ex Defense
US Durable Goods Orders ex Transportation
US Nondefense Capital Goods Orders ex Aircraft
US Housing Price Index
US S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices
US Consumer Confidence
US New Home Sales
German Gfk Consumer Confidence Survey
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 29th June 2023:
Burberry Group
B&M European Value Retail S.A.
F&C Investment Trust
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 29th June 2023:
Liontrust Asset Management
Bank of Georgia Group
Urban Logistics REIT
TR Property Investment Trust
JPMorgan European Discovery Trust
Caledonia Investments
Premier Foods
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