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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Beazley PLC | 688.0 | 4.1% |
| Smurfit Kappa Group PLC | 3,656.0 | 3.5% |
| B&M European Value Retail S.A. | 455.2 | 2.6% |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 463.2 | 2.0% |
| Convatec Group PLC | 243.8 | 1.9% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Sage Group PLC | 1065.0 | -1.9% |
| Fresnillo PLC | 582.1 | -1.8% |
| Londonmetric Property PLC | 190.2 | -1.8% |
| Schroders PLC | 376.2 | -1.4% |
| SSE PLC | 1829.0 | -1.4% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,193 | -0.1% | 13.4% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 39,414 | 0.1% | 17.5% |
| DAX INDEX | 18,487 | 0.1% | 19.0% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 40,781 | -0.3% | 25.9% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,763 | -0.8% | 10.2% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 82.77 | -0.47% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 86.29 | -0.29% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,368 | -1.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 465 | -0.1% |
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The UK 100 called to open +2 points at 8,195. The UK’s blue chip index looks set to edge higher again this morning as it attempts to find its feet under the new Labour Government. This follows on from a widely uneventful trading session yesterday, however, in the US, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both hit new all-time highs in the US, traders will be eyeing a feedthrough to the London markets.
BP expects their Q2 upstream production to be “broadly flat” QoQ.
Hunting says H1 trading beats management expectations as H1 EBITDA “likely” to total $59-61m, up 22% YoY.
John Wood wins an engineering contract for largest floating offshore gas facility by Shell.
PageGroup reports softening activity levels in Q2, with a Q2 gross profit of £224.3m, down 15% YoY.
Vistry Group expects their annual profit to increase by 7%, buoyed by resilient demand for its affordable homes from housing associations and the rental segment.
Deutsche Bank Upgrades Currys to Buy from Hold (5 Buys / 2 Holds / 0 Sells)
Deutsche Bank Upgrades Kingfisher to Buy from Hold (3 Buys / 7 Holds / 2 Sells)
Deutsche Bank Upgrades Moonpig to Buy from Hold (6 Buys / 2 Holds / 0 Sells)
JP Morgan Downgrades ITM Power to Neutral from Overweight (6 Buys / 4 Holds / 2 Sells)
UK
Hunting PLC
Vistry Group PLC
US
None
UK
Barratt Developments PLC
Big Yellow Group PLC*
Grafton Group PLC
PageGroup PLC
Zigup PLC
Liontrust Asset Management
US
None
Fed’s Chair Powell testifies
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 11th July 2024:
Halma
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 11th July 2024:
WH Smith
Oxford Instruments
CMC Markets
Global Smaller Companies Trust
Merchants Trust
Balanced Commercial Property Trust
Supermarket Income REIT
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