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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Flutter Entertainment PLC | 15,170.0 | 3.3% |
| Ashtead Group PLC | 5,195.6 | 2.0% |
| Admiral Group PLC | 2,066.4 | 1.8% |
| Persimmon PLC | 991.4 | 1.7% |
| Severn Trent PLC | 2,433.0 | 1.6% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Ocado Group PLC | 579.0 | -2.2% |
| Land Securities Group PLC | 565.4 | -1.2% |
| Sainsbury (J) PLC | 267.9 | -1.0% |
| National Grid PLC | 989.7 | -1.0% |
| Rightmove PLC | 515.8 | -0.9% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,282 | 0.4% | 1.3% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,849 | 0.3% | 8.1% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,664 | 0.4% | 20.6% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 32,190 | -0.6% | 20.1% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,004 | -0.5% | 4.9% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 73.88 | 0.03% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 78.61 | 0.18% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,923 | -0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 378 | -0.2% |
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The UK 100 called to open +13 points at 7286. The UK 100 looks set to open slightly higher this morning after a positive start to the week yesterday. The UK jobs market showed signs of easing in May although average earnings remained inflated, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics. The unemployment rate for March to May 2023 increased by 0.2 percentage points on the quarter to 4.0%. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 209.52 points, 0.6%, at 33,944.40. The S&P 500 climbed 10.58 points, 0.2%, at 4,409.53, and the Nasdaq Composite gained 24.77 points, 0.2%, at 13,685.48.
Babcock expects their FY results to be in line with guidance at post-close update.
British Land says their campus occupancy is at 96% with 164,000 sq ft of leasing completed.
Centrica agrees a long-term LNG supply deal with Delfin Midstream. The 15 year deal will provide enough energy to heat 5% of UK homes and the deal has a market value worth $8bn.
Galliford Try expects FY pre-exceptional pretax profit to be at upper end of forecasts. They note strong performance across operations with more revenue and pretax profit.
Just Group reports a H1 loss of £237m.
Pennon acquires three renewable energy projects in the UK for £85m to commence in 2025.
Vodafone and Iberdrola sign European solar power purchase agreements.
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 13th July 2023:
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Halma
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 13th July 2023:
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