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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Flutter Entertainment PLC | 15,400.0 | 16.7% |
| Entain PLC | 946.6 | 5.8% |
| St. James’s Place PLC | 639.8 | 3.2% |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 304.5 | 2.7% |
| Anglo American PLC | 1,793.0 | 2.5% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| B&M European Value Retail S.A. | 524.6 | -3.4% |
| Admiral Group PLC | 2,504.0 | -2.2% |
| Centrica PLC | 140.2 | -1.9% |
| Smurfit Kappa Group PLC | 2,926.0 | -1.7% |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC | 1,932.5 | -1.7% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,458 | 0.2% | -4.9% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 37,252 | 0.0% | 11.8% |
| DAX INDEX | 16,534 | 0.6% | 8.8% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 35,466 | 0.0% | 34.3% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,346 | -0.6% | -1.2% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 73.63 | 1.47% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 78.62 | 0.95% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,015 | 0.4% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 374 | 0.1% |
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The UK 100 called to open +48 points at 7,507. The UK 100 is expected to open higher after US stocks reversed early falls and closed in the green, this early rise looks set to occur despite retail sales seeing the biggest drop since January 2021 in December increasing the likelihood of a technical recession in the UK. Figures from the Office for National Statistics showed retail sales fell 3.2% in December following a rise of 1.4% in November (revised up from an increase of 1.3%). Tech companies, led by Apple, powered the market Thursday and pulled the major averages into positive territory. The Dow Jones added 201.94 points, or 0.54%, rebounding from its 143.72-point loss earlier in the trading session. The 30-stock index finished at 37,468.61. The tech-heavy Nasdaq jumped 1.35% to close at 15,055.65. The S&P climbed 0.88% to end at 4,780.94, now just 15.62 points, or 0.33%, from its closing record.
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UK
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Burberry Group
Close Brothers Group
Dunelm Group
Petershill Partners
Spirent Communications
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SLB
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Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust
Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust
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German Producer Price Index
UK Retail Sales
UoM 5-year Consumer Inflation Expectation
Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 25th January 2023:
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UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 25th January 2023:
Ferrexpo
Victrex
Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Inc Fnd
Pennon Group
Foresight Solar Fund
City of London Investment Trust
Bankers Investment Trust
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