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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Bt Group PLC | 139.6 | 3.4% |
| Tesco PLC | 310.2 | 2.6% |
| Sage Group PLC | 1,056.5 | 2.5% |
| Airtel Africa PLC | 118.6 | 2.3% |
| Ocado Group PLC | 357.3 | 1.8% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Burberry Group PLC | 980.2 | -4.2% |
| Melrose Industries PLC | 600.6 | -4.2% |
| Bae Systems PLC | 1335.0 | -3.5% |
| Rentokil Initial PLC | 447.1 | -3.1% |
| Intertek Group PLC | 4744.0 | -3.0% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,147 | -0.2% | 6.6% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 38,589 | -0.2% | 12.5% |
| DAX INDEX | 18,002 | -1.4% | 10.1% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 38,102 | -1.8% | 13.0% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,700 | -0.3% | 6.2% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 78.09 | -0.46% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 82.22 | -0.48% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,318 | -0.7% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 442 | -1.3% |
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The UK 100 called to open +52 points at 8,198. The UK 100 looks set to start the week on the front foot, rebounding from last week’s disappointing performance. It was a mixed day for Asian markets today with India’s Sensex up 0.24% and the Hang Seng up 0.1% in Hong Kong, but Tokyo’s Nikkei down 1.8% and the Shanghai Composite down 0.55%. The Nasdaq ticked higher on Friday to close at a record for the fifth straight session. The tech-heavy index inched higher by 0.12% to end at 17,688.88. The S&P inched lower by 0.04%, closing at 5,431.60 and snapping a four-day win streak. The Dow slipped 57.94 points, or 0.15%, to end at 38,589.16.
AstraZeneca notes that Imfinzi plus chemotherapy approved in US for form of endometrial cancer.
Hikma Pharmaceuticals are to buy parts of Cellia’s US finished dosage form business for $135m plus an additional contingent consideration of up to $50m.
Kingfisher have hired British Land CFO Bhavesh Mistry to be their new CFO.
Goldman Sachs Downgrades SSP Group to Sell from Neutral (9 Buys / 3 Holds / 1 Sell)
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Monks Investment Trust
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Ashtead Group PLC
Telecom Plus PLC*
Whitbread PLC
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Chinese Industrial Production
Chinese Retail Sales
Eurogroup Meeting
NY Empire State Manufacturing Index
Fed’s Harker speech
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 20th June 2024:
United Utilities Group
Persimmon
Airtel Africa
3i Group
Experian
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 20th June 2024:
British Land Company
Tate & Lyle
Mercantile Investment Trust
Templeton Emerging Markets IT
AVI Global Trust
MITIE Group
Patria Private Equity Trust
Fidelity China Special Situations
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