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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Auto Trader Group PLC | 837.4 | 14.6% |
| Frasers Group PLC | 877.5 | 6.4% |
| Ocado Group PLC | 379.8 | 5.5% |
| JD Sports Fashion PLC | 133.1 | 5.1% |
| St. James’s Place PLC | 503.5 | 3.8% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Sage Group PLC | 1023.0 | -3.5% |
| Coca-Cola Hbc AG | 2652.0 | -3.0% |
| Antofagasta PLC | 2205.0 | -2.9% |
| Severn Trent PLC | 2347.0 | -1.5% |
| Intertek Group PLC | 4758.9 | -1.5% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,231 | 0.6% | 9.4% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 38,127 | -0.8% | 15.3% |
| DAX INDEX | 18,497 | 0.1% | 16.3% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 38,054 | -1.3% | 23.2% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,628 | -0.5% | 7.6% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 78.18 | -1.33% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 82.49 | -1.33% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,346 | 0.3% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 466 | -2.7% |
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The UK 100 called to open +10 points at 8,243. UK 100 is set to open slightly higher on Friday as traders await the release of a key US inflation gauge (Core Personal Consumption Expenditures Index) at 1:30pm, which is the Fed’s preferred inflation indicator. Wall Street ended lower with the Dow closing -0.9%, S&P -0.7% and Nasdaq -1.1%. In Asia Tokyo closed +1%, Shanghai +0.1% and Hong Kong +0.7%.
Anglo American is starting a formal process to sell its coal assets and explore options for its nickel based operations after fending off a takeover threat from bigger rival BHP Group.
JD Sports Fashion kept their profit guidance for the 2024/25 year, though they said the market was “volatile” with underlying sales down 0.7% in Q1. They state they’re on track to deliver profit guidance for the FY.
Virgin Money: The UK CMA is to investigate whether the buy of Virgin Money by Nationwide could lessen competition.
RBC Upgrades Centrica to Outperform from Sector Perform (3 Buys / 6 Holds / 0 Sells)
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AVI Global Trust PLC*
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Sirius Real Estate Ltd
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Chinese NBS Manufacturing PMI
Chinese NBS Non-Manufacturing PMI
German Retail Sales
EU Core Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices
US Core Personal Consumption Expenditures – Price Index
US Personal Income
US Personal Spending
Chicago Purchasing Managers’ Index
Fed’s Bostic speech
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 6th June 2024:
Vodafone Group
National Grid
Sainsbury (J)
WPP
Informa
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 6th June 2024:
Marshalls
Computacenter
Assura
IntegraFin Holdings
Energean
Johnson Matthey
AJ Bell
Capital Gearing Trust
Edinburgh Investment Trust
JLEN Environmental Assets Group
Pets At Home Group
Balanced Commercial Property Trust
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