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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 310.2 | 3.8% |
| Barclays PLC | 150.7 | 3.2% |
| Sainsbury (J) PLC | 275.2 | 3.0% |
| Tesco PLC | 290.8 | 2.8% |
| BT Group PLC | 111.4 | 2.2% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Endeavour Mining PLC | 1,357.0 | -4.1% |
| Fresnillo PLC | 505.6 | -3.1% |
| Mondi PLC | 1,367.5 | -2.4% |
| Anglo American PLC | 1,835.6 | -2.3% |
| Ocado Group PLC | 505.0 | -2.2% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,616 | -0.1% | -3.6% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 38,654 | 0.4% | 13.9% |
| DAX INDEX | 16,918 | 0.4% | 9.3% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 36,354 | 0.5% | 32.2% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,626 | -1.0% | 0.9% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 72.30 | 0.03% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 77.45 | 0.16% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,028 | -0.6% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 382 | 0.0% |
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The UK 100 called to open +16 points at 7,631. The UK 100 is expected to start the week on the front foot ahead of a raft of PMI readings. This comes after the S&P 500 notched a fresh record high on Friday as quarterly results from technology companies including Facebook-parent Meta topped expectations and the January jobs report came in much better than expected. The broad market index added 1.1% to close at 4,958.61, above its previous record close of 4,927.93 reached on Monday. The Dow Jones added 134.58 points, or 0.4%, to 38,654.42, also a record close. The Nasdaq climbed 1.7% to 15,628.95.
GKP CFO Ian Weatherdon will retire in June and be replaced by COO Gabriel Papineau-Legris.
Vodafone have reported a slowdown in service revenue growth in Germany (their biggest market) to 0.3% in Q3, but have stuck with their overall guidance for the year to end-March. They are in “active discussions” about a possible deal in Italy after it rejected a merger offer with rival Iliad in Italy last month. They reiterate their FY24 guidance of an adjusted EBITDA 13.3bn euros.
Jefferies Upgrades National Grid to Buy from Hold (6 Buys / 6 Holds / 0 Sells)
Morgan Stanley Upgrades Land Securities to Overweight from Equal-weight (5 Buys / 8 Holds / 2 Sells)
UBS Upgrades Informa to Buy from Neutral (7 Buys / 3 Holds / 0 Sells)
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