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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| 3I Group PLC | 3,054.0 | 2.3% |
| Croda International PLC | 3,952.6 | 1.4% |
| Experian PLC | 3,693.4 | 1.3% |
| National Grid PLC | 896.2 | 1.2% |
| BP PLC | 484.3 | 1.2% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Beazley PLC | 653.3 | -4.8% |
| Sainsbury (J) PLC | 246.7 | -4.3% |
| Bt Group PLC | 136.5 | -3.4% |
| Standard Chartered PLC | 715.8 | -2.2% |
| Frasers Group PLC | 857.0 | -2.1% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,121 | -0.6% | 7.8% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 39,269 | 0.3% | 13.7% |
| DAX INDEX | 18,164 | -0.7% | 12.5% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 40,075 | 1.1% | 18.7% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,718 | -0.4% | 6.5% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 82.94 | -0.53% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 86.36 | -0.28% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,327 | -0.2% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 443 | 0.2% |
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The UK 100 called to open +56 points at 8,177. The UK 100 looks set to open higher this morning, this comes after Jerome Powell last night said that the US is on a “disinflationary path”, comments which have strengthened hopes a more imminent interest cut in the US, but reiterated that the central bank was not quite ready to cut rates. On Wall Street, the S&P gained 0.62%, ending at 5,509.01 and marking its first close above the 5,500 threshold. The Nasdaq jumped 0.84% to settle at 18,028.76. Both indexes closed at record highs, buoyed by a 10% jump in Tesla. The Dow added 162.33 points, or 0.41%, closing at 39,331.85.
GSK and CureVac restructure their collaboration started in 2020 in a new licensing agreement. GSK gets full rights to develop, make and commercialise MRNA flu and Covid vaccines. The new deal gives CureVac 400m euros upfront plus up to 1.05bn euros in milestone payments.
Johnson Matthey are to start a share buyback programme for up to £250m.
Vodafone, Virgin Media O2 announce a new long-term network sharing agreement. This will provide a stable basis for MergeCo’s (The merger of Vodafone UK and Three UK) enlarged network.
Barclays Downgrades JD Sports Fashion to Underweight (7 Buys / 4 Holds / 0 Sells)
CitiGroup Upgrades Diageo to Buy (6 Buys / 9 Holds / 3 Sells)
Morgan Stanley Downgrades 3i Group to Equal-weight (3 Buys / 2 Holds / 0 Sells)
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Baltic Classified Group PLC
TwentyFour Income Fund Ltd*
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Constellation Brands
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3i Infastructure Ltd
Victrex PLC
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Chinese Caixin Services PMI
German HCOB Composite PMI
German HCOB Services PMI
ECB’s De Guindos speech
EU HCOB Composite PMI
ECB’s Cipollone speech
EU Producer Price Index
ECB’s Lane speech
Fed’s Williams speech
US ADP Employment Change
US Initial Jobless Claims
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Fed’s Bostic speech
US ISM Services PMI
ECB’s President Lagarde speech
FOMC Minutes
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 4th July 2024:
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ICG Enterprise Trust
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