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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Unilever PLC | 3,927.0 | 3.0% |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 399.0 | 2.3% |
| International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. | 159.6 | 2.0% |
| Bae Systems PLC | 1,328.0 | 1.8% |
| Ashtead Group PLC | 5,290.0 | 1.7% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC | 4,397.0 | -3.9% |
| Fresnillo PLC | 443.4 | -3.9% |
| Airtel Africa PLC | 91.4 | -3.2% |
| Burberry Group PLC | 1,230.0 | -2.1% |
| Persimmon PLC | 1,267.3 | -1.7% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,738 | 0.2% | 5.5% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 39,111 | 0.8% | 22.8% |
| DAX INDEX | 17,987 | 0.3% | 21.8% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 40,004 | 0.7% | 48.5% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,703 | 0.4% | 11.7% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 83.47 | 0.91% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 87.25 | 0.41% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,158 | -0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 407 | -1.3% |
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The UK 100 called to open +2 points at 7,740. UK 100 is set to open higher on Wednesday as UK inflation data (CPI) fell to 3.4% in February to its lowest level for two and a half years. Traders are now focusing on the latest US Federal Reserve interest rate decision which is due at 6pm this evening, where rates are expected to be held at 5.5%. Wall Street ended higher on Tuesday with the Dow closing +0.8, S&P +0.6% and Nasdaq +0.4%. In Asia the Shanghai closed +0.4% and Hong Kong +0.3%. This was as China’s central bank left key interest rate unchanged at its March meeting, as expected.
Computacenter expects their FY pretax profit to be £272.1m as they expect growth in 2024 to be weighted to H2.
Investec expects their FY24 adjusted operating pretax profit to be between £866.9-909.6m. They state that their revenue growth is due to balance sheet growth and incremental growth strategies.
Johnson & Matthey will sell their medical device components business to Montagu Private Equity for $700m in cash.
Prudential reported an 8% rise in its annual operating profit, as upbeat policy sales across its key markets in Asia and Africa propelled the insurer’s revenue growth. They posted an annual adjusted operating profit of $2.89bn, up from $2.72bn last year. It was slightly ahead of LSEG estimate of $2.85bn.
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