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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Standard Chartered PLC | 753.8 | 8.5% |
| Smurfit Kappa Group PLC | 3,690.0 | 6.2% |
| Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC | 858.6 | 3.0% |
| Prudential PLC | 724.2 | 2.7% |
| Flutter Entertainment PLC | 15,285.0 | 2.6% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Beazley PLC | 635.0 | -3.6% |
| Whitbread PLC | 2,998.8 | -3.2% |
| Melrose Industries PLC | 602.8 | -3.0% |
| Antofagasta PLC | 2,124.0 | -2.0% |
| DCC PLC | 5,445.0 | -2.0% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,172 | 0.6% | 4.9% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 38,226 | 0.9% | 14.4% |
| DAX INDEX | 17,897 | -0.2% | 13.2% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 38,236 | -0.1% | 31.1% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,629 | 0.6% | 6.0% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 78.47 | -0.67% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 83.07 | -0.44% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,306 | -0.6% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 449 | -1.2% |
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The UK 100 called to open +20 points at 8,192. The UK 100 looks set to open higher this morning having closed at another record high yesterday. Overnight, Apple picked up as it shrugged off reports of tumbling iPhone sales to post better-than-expected earnings and sales. Stocks Stateside rallied Thursday as investors looked ahead to more corporate earnings and a key labour report set for later in the week. The Dow Jones added 322.37 points, or 0.85%, to close at 38,225.66. The S&P gained 0.91% to settle at 5,064.20, while the Nasdaq surged 1.51% to end at 15,840.96.
Diageo names Nik Jhangiani as their new CFO.
Future appoint Sharjeel Suleman as their next CFO.
Intercontinental Hotels Group report that their Q1 room revenue rose 2.6%, helped by performance in Japan, Australia, Europe and the Middle East.
Mondi state that their volumes for the first three months of 2024 were higher than the previous quarter, thanks to improving demand for its products. Their recently announced paper price increases were starting to come through in Q2.
Trainline sees 2025 net ticket sales YoY growth of between 8-12%. Their FY net ticket sales increased 22% YoY to £5.3bn, as their FY adjusted EBITDA increased 42% to £122m.
Barclays Downgrades British Land to Equal Weight from Overweight (7 Buys / 5 Holds / 2 Sells)
Jefferies Downgrades AJ Bell to Hold from Buy (7 Buys / 5 Holds / 2 Sells)
RPT/Jefferies Downgrades Tyman to Hold from Buy (6 Buys / 2 Holds / 0 Sells)
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 9th May 2024:
HSBC Holdings
Admiral Group
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 9th May 2024:
Petershill Partners
SThree
Ibstock
Barr (A.G.)
Bellevue Healthcare Trust
Lancashire Holdings
Clarkson
Fidelity Special Values
Balanced Commercial Property Trust
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