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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Flutter Entertainment PLC | 15,895.0 | 1.2% |
| Bae Systems PLC | 1,326.0 | 1.0% |
| Smith & Nephew PLC | 974.8 | 0.9% |
| Admiral Group PLC | 2,660.0 | 0.9% |
| Shell PLC | 2,780.0 | 0.6% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Ocado Group PLC | 379.7 | -9.0% |
| St. James’s Place PLC | 429.4 | -4.3% |
| Jd Sports Fashion PLC | 126.3 | -4.0% |
| National Grid PLC | 1,033.0 | -3.6% |
| DCC PLC | 5,465.0 | -3.3% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,911 | -0.8% | 2.2% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 38,904 | 0.8% | 16.2% |
| DAX INDEX | 18,175 | -1.2% | 16.5% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 39,256 | 0.7% | 42.7% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,785 | 0.2% | 7.9% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 85.38 | -1.76% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 89.54 | -1.79% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,332 | 0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 421 | -0.5% |
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The UK 100 called to open +1 points at 7,912. The UK 100 looks set to open very marginally higher this morning, stabilising after the worst weekly drop for the index since February, even after it had briefly flirted with hitting a record. Us markets rebounded on Friday, seeing the 30-stock Dow Jones climb 307.06 points, or 0.8%, to settle at 38,904.04. The S&P gained 1.11% to end the day at 5,204.34. The tech-heavy Nasdaq advanced 1.24%, closing at 16,248.52.
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 11th April 2024:
Phoenix Group Holdings
Aviva
Lloyds Banking Group
Smurfit Kappa Group
Reckitt Benckiser Group
Howden Joinery Group
Barratt Developments
F&C Investment Trust
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 11th April 2024:
TP ICAP Group
ITV
Harbour Energy
International Public Partnerships
Man Group
Grafton Group
Supermarket Income REIT
Savills
Mercantile Investment Trust
Just Group
Hunting
Balanced Commercial Property Trust
Softcat
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