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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| GSK PLC | 1,519.0 | 2.7% |
| Centrica PLC | 144.6 | 2.3% |
| Marks And Spencer Group PLC | 281.8 | 2.1% |
| Tesco PLC | 297.9 | 1.6% |
| Sainsbury (J) PLC | 303.2 | 1.5% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Rentokil Initial PLC | 408.9 | -5.5% |
| Anglo American PLC | 1,864.1 | -5.3% |
| Pershing Square Holdings LTD | 3,426.0 | -4.0% |
| Antofagasta PLC | 1,593.5 | -3.5% |
| Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC | 9,860.0 | -3.5% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,675 | -0.6% | 1.6% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 37,468 | -0.7% | 12.9% |
| DAX INDEX | 16,514 | -1.5% | 17.2% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 33,464 | -0.2% | 28.2% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,523 | -1.4% | 6.6% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 72.52 | 3.04% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 78.02 | 2.81% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,034 | -1.2% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 386 | -0.5% |
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The UK 100 called to open +8 points at 7,690. The UK 100 is expected to open higher on Thursday after a downbeat start to the year. Overnight, US markets closed lower after Federal Reserve officials said interest rates would need to stay high for some time, although they indicated rates have peaked. The tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 1.18% to close at 14,592.21, marking its fourth consecutive losing day. The S&P slipped 0.80% to end at 4,704.81. The Dow Jones slid 284.85 points, or 0.76%, finishing at 37,430.19.
JD Sports Fashion have lowered their annual profit forecast, hurt by a slowdown in consumer spending and tepid demand for apparel amid mild weather conditions. They expect their FY profit before tax to be between £915-935m, down from earlier forecasts of £1.04bn.
Next have raised their profit forecast for the year to end-January 2024 for the fifth time in eight months as they reported a better-than-expected 5.7% rise in full-price sales for the nine weeks to December 30th. They expect their FY pretax profit to be £905m, ahead of previous guidance of £885m.
Jefferies Downgrades Tullow Oil to Underperform from Hold (4 Buys / 3 Holds / 0 Sells)
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 4th January 2023:
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Experian
F&C Investment Trust
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 4th January 2023:
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Workspace Group
Murray International Trust
QinetiQ Group
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