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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Ocado Group PLC | 407.0 | 8.9% |
| Jd Sports Fashion PLC | 127.3 | 4.8% |
| Fresnillo PLC | 618.5 | 3.8% |
| Antofagasta PLC | 2,311.0 | 2.9% |
| Intermediate Capital Group PLC | 2,386.0 | 2.8% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Flutter Entertainment PLC | 14975.0 | -6.4% |
| Entain PLC | 682.4 | -3.5% |
| Associated British Foods PLC | 2634.0 | -3.2% |
| Persimmon PLC | 1436.5 | -3.0% |
| Relx PLC | 3430.0 | -2.6% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,254 | -0.8% | 8.2% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 38,853 | -0.6% | 17.4% |
| DAX INDEX | 18,678 | -0.5% | 17.1% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 38,557 | -0.8% | 23.5% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,666 | -1.3% | 6.2% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 80.09 | 0.33% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 84.39 | 0.20% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,352 | -0.4% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 486 | 0.0% |
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The UK 100 called to open -12 points at 8,242. The UK 100 looks set to open lower once more today as investors will be looking to break a six day losing streak for the UK’s blue chip index. Last night, the Dow Jones fell 0.55%, the Nasdaq however rose 0.59%, with the S&P closing close to flat, with NVIDIA hitting a new all-time high but other tech mega-caps flattish. All major Asian indices are in red this morning, with the Hang Seng down 1.9% and Nikkei 0.8% lower.
Anglo American: BHP Group are struggling to find common ground with Anglo American in talks over its takeover offer, with no new concessions as a deadline nears to submit a binding offer.
International Distribution Services agrees to a £3.6bn takeover by Czech Billionaire Daniel Kretinsky.
Pets at Home posted lower annual profit as inflationary pressures and lower purchasing power dented demand for pet accessories such as collars and bedding. They posted an underlying profit before tax of £132m for 2024, compared with £136.4m in the previous year.
RBC Upgrades Fresnillo to Outperform from Sector Perform (1 Buy / 10 Holds / 0 Sells)
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 30th May 2024:
Coca-Cola HBC AG
Severn Trent
Centrica
Intertek Group
Associated British Foods
Marks and Spencer Group
Sage Group
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 30th May 2024:
Hilton Food Group
Keller Group
Great Portland Estates
Hill & Smith
Centamin
Victrex
Britvic
Temple Bar Investment Trust
BlackRock World Mining Trust
Law Debenture Corporation
JTC
JPMorgan Global Growth & Income
SSP Group
Alliance Trust
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