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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Croda International PLC | 5,062.0 | 4.1% |
| Kingfisher PLC | 225.1 | 3.0% |
| Natwest Group PLC | 215.1 | 2.9% |
| Coca-Cola Hbc AG | 2,450.0 | 2.9% |
| Fresnillo PLC | 479.1 | 2.7% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Imperial Brands PLC | 1,835.5 | -3.0% |
| BP PLC | 467.9 | -1.8% |
| Shell PLC | 2,460.5 | -1.5% |
| Marks And Spencer Group PLC | 232.4 | -1.1% |
| Pershing Square Holdings LTD | 3,863.7 | -0.8% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,598 | 0.4% | -5.2% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 38,773 | 0.9% | 15.1% |
| DAX INDEX | 17,047 | 0.6% | 9.7% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 38,487 | 0.9% | 39.0% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,658 | 0.7% | 3.4% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 78.03 | 0.00% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 82.68 | -0.22% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,006 | 0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 378 | 0.6% |
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The UK 100 called to open +42 points at 7,639. The UK 100 looks set to open higher this morning as retail sales data this morning showed the largest monthly rise since April 2021. Stateside yesterday saw the S&P close at a new record high, as all three major indexes ended Thursday’s trading session in positive territory, after clawing back the losses suffered earlier in the week. This marks the 11th record high that the 500-stock benchmark has seen so far this year. The broad stock index climbed 0.58%, settling at 5,029.73, while the Nasdaq added 0.30% to close at 15,906.17. The Dow Jones traded 348.85 points higher, or 0.91%, to end at 38,773.12.
NatWest have confirmed Paul Thwaite as their permanent CEO as they reported better-than-expected profit for 2023, as they gear up for a crunch sale of state-owned stock in the company to the public after a scandal-hit year. They reported a pretax profit of £6.2bn, up from the £5.1bn the prior year and ahead of the £5.95bn average of analyst forecasts complied by the bank. They have also confirmed a final dividend of 11.5p per share and a share buyback of £300m.
Ryanair says Milan court of appeal dismisses claims by Italian OTA pirates.
Segro posted a better-than-expected increase in its annual profit, supported by robust rental growth even as the value of its properties declined amid elevated interest rates. Their adjusted pretax profit rose 6% to £409m in the year ended Dec 31st, compared with analyst average expectations of £387.7m.
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 22nd February 2024:
Endeavour Mining
AstraZeneca
Land Securities Group
GSK
Unilever
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 22nd February 2024:
BBGI Global Infrastructure S.A.
Tritax EuroBox GBP
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust
Virgin Money UK
easyJet
Redrow
Witan Investment Trust
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