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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Convatec Group PLC | 289.4 | 2.3% |
| Informa PLC | 821.6 | 2.0% |
| Weir Group PLC | 1,983.5 | 1.5% |
| Smurfit Kappa Group PLC | 3,484.0 | 1.5% |
| Berkeley Group Holdings (The) PLC | 4,672.0 | 1.5% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Anglo American PLC | 1,830.6 | -5.5% |
| Natwest Group PLC | 240.2 | -5.0% |
| Segro PLC | 851.0 | -3.7% |
| International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. | 149.1 | -3.2% |
| St. James’s Place PLC | 425.1 | -2.6% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,743 | -0.4% | 1.4% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 38,906 | -0.4% | 21.0% |
| DAX INDEX | 17,942 | -0.1% | 17.8% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 38,807 | 0.3% | 42.5% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,714 | -0.2% | 9.1% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 81.09 | 1.72% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 85.16 | 1.34% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,163 | -0.5% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 405 | -0.2% |
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The UK 100 called to open -3 points at 7,742. UK 100 is called to open slightly lower on Friday, returning some of its weekly gain, after a US producer price reading hurt shares in New York overnight. The Dow closed -0.4%, S&P -0.3% and Nasdaq -0.3%. In Asia the Nikkei closed -0.3%, Shanghai +0.2% and Hong Kong -2%.
Berkeley Group says all sales for FY24 have been secured and cites 70% of sales are secured for FY25.
Bodycote reports a 2023 pretax profit of £111.7m, up from £95.3m YoY.
Vodafone have agreed to sell their Italian business to Swisscom AG for 8bn euros and will return half of the proceeds to shareholders.
WH Smith CFO & COO Robert Moorhead will retire on Nov 30th 2024, as they appoint Max Izzard from Burberry to replace him.
HSBC Upgrades Deliveroo to Buy (5 Buys / 6 Holds / 2 Sells)
Jefferies Upgrades Mondi to Buy from Hold (1 Buy / 2 Holds / 0 Sells)
Morgan Stanley Upgrades Smurfit Kappa to Overweight from Equal Weight (3 Buys / 1 Hold / 0 Sells)
RBC Downgrades CVS Group to Sector Perform from Outperform (7 Buys / 2 Holds / 0 Sells)
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 21st March 2024:
Schroders
British American Tobacco
Beazley
Hikma Pharmaceuticals
Pearson
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 21st March 2024:
Crest Nicholson Holdings
BlackRock World Mining Trust
Chemring Group
HgCapital Trust
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust
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