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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Hargreaves Lansdown PLC | 1,130.0 | 5.3% |
| Rs Group PLC | 731.0 | 3.7% |
| Sse PLC | 1,800.0 | 3.5% |
| Bunzl PLC | 2,998.0 | 3.5% |
| St. James’s Place PLC | 545.5 | 2.9% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Jd Sports Fashion PLC | 117.9 | -2.2% |
| Ashtead Group PLC | 5400.0 | -2.0% |
| Persimmon PLC | 1404.5 | -1.2% |
| Barratt Developments PLC | 481.9 | -1.2% |
| Taylor Wimpey PLC | 147.4 | -0.8% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,191 | 0.6% | 7.9% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 38,835 | 0.2% | 13.2% |
| DAX INDEX | 18,132 | 0.4% | 11.9% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 38,571 | 0.2% | 15.6% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,770 | -0.1% | 6.5% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 81.28 | -0.36% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 85.03 | -0.35% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,329 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 444 | -0.2% |
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The UK 100 called to open -12 points at 8,179. The UK 100 looks set to open slightly lower this morning, this comes despite this mornings inflation read, with the rate of inflation falling to the 2% target set out by the Bank of England, core inflation also softened from 3.9% in April to 3.5% in May. The pound has risen slightly on the back of this against the US Dollar.
Berkeley Group Holdings have lifted their earnings outlook by 5% for 2025 and said that the current lack of urgency in the housing market was likely to remain until the start in reduction of interest rates. Their pretax profit for the year ended April 30th came in at £557.3m, down 8% YoY and above analysts’ average expectations of £549.5m.
Games Workshop Group says their FY24 pretax profit is to be no less than £200m, up from £171m.
Vodafone sells 484.7m shares in Indus Towers, raising 1.7bn euros in order to repay lenders.
Jefferies Downgrades Hargreaves Lansdown to Hold from Buy (6 Buys / 4 Holds / 4 Sells)
Jefferies Downgrades Segro to Hold from Buy (8 Buys / 5 Holds / 0 Sells)
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Berkeley Group Holdings PLC
NextEnergy Solar Fund PLC
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UK
DS Smith PLC
Sycona Ltd
Urban Logistics REIT PLC
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Accenture
UK Consumer Price Index
UK Producer Price Index
UK Retail Price Index
EU Non-Monetary Policy ECB Meeting
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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