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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Fresnillo PLC | 538.0 | 5.5% |
| Rs Group PLC | 728.2 | 4.0% |
| Unite Group PLC | 908.5 | 2.4% |
| Glencore PLC | 429.8 | 2.3% |
| Antofagasta PLC | 1,419.0 | 2.1% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Jd Sports Fashion PLC | 140.8 | -6.9% |
| Ocado Group PLC | 720.2 | -1.9% |
| Beazley PLC | 529.0 | -1.6% |
| Melrose Industries PLC | 489.7 | -1.4% |
| Sainsbury (J) PLC | 257.7 | -1.1% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,271 | 0.2% | -3.5% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 34,289 | -0.5% | 3.7% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,706 | 0.7% | 18.7% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 31,857 | 0.9% | 12.0% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,122 | 0.1% | 2.3% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 80.35 | -0.46% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 83.95 | -0.60% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,898 | 0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 379 | 0.9% |
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The UK 100 called to open +15 points at 7,295. The UK 100 is expected to open higher on Wednesday despite a slower session in the US, driven by falls in banking stocks after S&P Global downgraded the credit ratings of several US banks, In focus today will be PMI readings from across the globe. On Wall Street yesterday, The Dow fell 0.5%, the S&P 0.3% but the Nasdaq eked out a small gain of 0.1%. In Asia this morning, the Hang Seng index is 1% higher and the Nikkei 225 up by 0.5% after Japan posted a robust set of PMI figures for services and manufacturing. However, the Shanghai Composite is 0.6% lower.
GSK today said data from its shingles drug, Shingrix demonstrated 100% vaccine efficacy in the prevention of shingles in adults aged 50 and over in China
Marks & Spencer is on course to end its four-year exile from the FTSE 100 index, with housebuilder Persimmon poised to make way.
Reckitt Benckiser which has named Nike exec Shannon Eisenhardt as its new chief financial officer, in another change in the top team at the consumer goods maker.
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