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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Entain PLC | 820.2 | 4.6% |
| Rio Tinto PLC | 5,184.0 | 4.2% |
| Easyjet PLC | 582.0 | 4.1% |
| Anglo American PLC | 2,148.5 | 2.9% |
| Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC | 881.4 | 2.8% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Sage Group PLC | 1,214.5 | -2.6% |
| Flutter Entertainment PLC | 15,500.0 | -2.5% |
| Severn Trent PLC | 2,381.0 | -1.9% |
| Marks And Spencer Group PLC | 256.9 | -1.6% |
| Rightmove PLC | 536.2 | -1.6% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,943 | 0.4% | 2.6% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 38,893 | 0.0% | 16.2% |
| DAX INDEX | 18,319 | 0.8% | 17.5% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 39,347 | 0.9% | 43.0% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,789 | 0.2% | 7.9% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 86.57 | -0.39% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 90.54 | -0.69% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,339 | 0.4% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 429 | 1.4% |
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The UK 100 called to open -6 points at 7,939. UK 100 is set to open slightly lower on Tuesday, as investors tentatively await tomorrow’s US inflation print (CPI). In the US on Monday stocks stood still as investors awaited inflation figures on Wednesday that will likely dictate whether rate cuts in H1 2024 are feasible or not. The Dow and S&P closed down slightly, while the Nasdaq closed up slightly. In Asia overnight the Nikkei closed +0.9%, Shanghai -0.3% and Hong Kong +0.6%.
Aviva’s acquisition of AIG’s UK protection business has been completed for £453m.
BP expects their Q1 upstream production to be higher QoQ, especially for oil production. They expect a “strong” Q1 gas marketing and trading result after “strong” Q4 2023.
HSBC agrees to sell its business in Argentina for $550m.
Imperial Brands expects their H1 profit to be higher on the back of strong tobacco pricing. They expect to meet their FY expectations of growing net revenue and delivering a step-up in adjusted operating profit growth.
Unite Group says 86% of their beds have been sold for the 2024/25 academic year in Q1, as they are confident on delivering rental growth of 6% for 2024/25 academic year. They are currently planning approvals for 1,450 new beds in London and Bristol.
Barclays Upgrades Halma to Overweight from Equal weight (2 Buys / 11 Holds / 1 Sell)
UK
Imperial Brands
JTC
US
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UK
Marshalls*
Tesco
US
Delta Air Lines
ECB Bank Lending Survey
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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