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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Smith (Ds) PLC | 394.9 | 9.8% |
| Diploma PLC | 3,756.0 | 9.6% |
| Sainsbury (J) PLC | 271.4 | 3.4% |
| SSE PLC | 1,659.1 | 2.9% |
| International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. | 170.6 | 2.8% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Flutter Entertainment PLC | 15,585.0 | -8.8% |
| St. James’s Place PLC | 451.3 | -2.6% |
| Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC | 10,045.0 | -2.6% |
| Smiths Group PLC | 1,649.0 | -2.4% |
| Standard Chartered PLC | 678.6 | -2.4% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,932 | 0.0% | 6.0% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 39,760 | 1.2% | 22.7% |
| DAX INDEX | 18,477 | 0.5% | 22.0% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 40,168 | -1.5% | 46.0% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,897 | 1.0% | 12.3% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 81.75 | 0.49% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 86.48 | 0.45% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,194 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 401 | 0.2% |
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The UK 100 called to open +28 points at 7,959. The UK 100 looks set to open the last trading session before the Easter bank holiday break on the front foot, this comes on the back of a strong showing on Wall Street last night. The S&P closed at a record as the index heads for its best first quarter since 2019. The broader market index gained 0.86% to close at 5,248.49, while the Dow Jones advanced 477.75 points, or 1.22%, to end at 39,760.08. Both indexes snapped three-day losing streaks. The Nasdaq rose 0.51%, closing at 16,399.52. In focus today will be US GDP data out at 12.30GMT.
AO World expect their FY24 revenue to be around £1.04bn as they returned to revenue growth in Q4 as expected. They expect their FY24 adjusted pretax profit to be at the top of guidance of £28-33m.
JD Sports Fashion report that trading conditions remained challenging and have reported that Like-for-Like sales in Q4 rose 0.1%. They also state that trading in the new financial year-to-date is in line with expectations.
Smith & Nephew announce John Rogers a their new CFO effective from 1st April.
Spirent Communications agrees to a £1.16bn takeover from Keysight Technologies.
Exane BNP Downgrades Aviva to Underperform (6 Buys / 5 Holds / 0 Sells)
Exane BNP Downgrades Legal & General to Neutral from Outperform (4 Buys / 5 Holds / 0 Sells)
RPT/Jefferies Downgrades Diploma to Hold from Buy (7 Buys / 2 Holds / 0 Sells
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 21st March 2024:
M&G
Taylor Wimpey
Smith & Nephew
Prudential
Melrose Industries
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 21st March 2024:
Ithaca Energy
Moneysupermarket.com Group
Primary Health Properties
Fidelity European Trust
Travis Perkins
Volution Group
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