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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Sage Group PLC | 918.0 | 5.1% |
| Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC | 663.6 | 3.9% |
| Pershing Square Holdings LTD | 2,802.0 | 2.9% |
| Ashtead Group PLC | 5,484.0 | 2.7% |
| CRH PLC | 4,315.0 | 2.7% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Ocado Group PLC | 529.8 | -5.0% |
| Admiral Group PLC | 2,067.0 | -3.3% |
| Anglo American PLC | 2,237.5 | -1.9% |
| Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC | 5,920.0 | -1.6% |
| Antofagasta PLC | 1,459.9 | -1.6% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,500 | 0.5% | 2.6% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,853 | -0.2% | 9.1% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,949 | 0.6% | 22.7% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 33,234 | 0.1% | 24.0% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,195 | 0.0% | 7.4% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 69.25 | -0.45% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 73.69 | -0.46% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,905 | -0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 372 | -0.6% |
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The UK 100 called to open flat at 7,488. The UK 100 looks set to open flat today, following yesterday’s hawkish comments from a number of leading central bankers at a conference in Portugal. The Dow fell 74.08 points, or 0.2%, to trade at 33,852.66. The S&P gave up just 1.55 points to end at 4,377.86, the Nasdaq however rose 36.08 points, or 0.3%, at 13,591.75. Asian markets were also mixed. In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 index was up 0.1%. In China, the Shanghai Composite was flat, while the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong fell 1.3%.
Baltic Classifieds report a FY23 pretax profit of 26.4m euros up from 2.4m euros YoY.
B&M European Value Retail reports “strong profitable” momentum across all divisions in Q1 FY24.
Direct Line Insurance Group says review of past motor loss claims won’t impact their 2023 results as they note provision for potential payments due to review made in 2022 results. The review covers claims settled between Sept 17 and Aug 22.
Serco upgrades their FY underlying trading profit guidance to £245m, up 3% YoY.
Exane BNP Downgrades Ashtead Group to Neutral from Outperform (9 Buys / 3 Holds / 0 Sells)
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B&M European Value Retail
Baltic Classifieds Group
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Nike Inc
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BoE’s Tenreyro speech
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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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