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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC | 1,984.8 | 2.8% |
| Convatec Group PLC | 249.6 | 1.7% |
| Intermediate Capital Group PLC | 2,274.0 | 1.3% |
| RS Group PLC | 709.5 | 1.1% |
| Experian PLC | 3,689.0 | 1.1% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Standard Chartered PLC | 721.6 | -4.2% |
| Antofagasta PLC | 2072.0 | -4.0% |
| Marks And Spencer Group PLC | 299.8 | -3.2% |
| Glencore PLC | 462.0 | -2.9% |
| Admiral Group PLC | 2580.5 | -2.9% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,151 | -0.9% | 8.2% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 38,664 | -0.5% | 14.0% |
| DAX INDEX | 18,380 | -0.6% | 15.5% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 39,135 | 0.3% | 20.7% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,755 | -1.3% | 8.9% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 77.49 | -0.32% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 81.50 | -0.16% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,312 | 0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 448 | -1.4% |
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The UK 100 called to open +34 points at 8,185. The UK 100 looks set to bounce this morning, this follows a difficult session for the UK’s blue chip index yesterday. UK GDP for the month came in at 0%, the ONS said, down from growth of 0.4% in March, but an improvement on the 0.1% contraction analysts had been expecting. Asian markets lifted higher overnight, helped by a rising technology sector, with the broadest index, barring Japanese shares, rising by around 0.3%, while Japan’s Nikkei dropped 0.5%. Focus will now be firmly on the Federal Reserve interest rate decision later today and US CPI data.
Legal & General announces a £200m share buyback programme for 2024, as they aim to invest to drive profitability.
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Safestore Holdings report a H1 FY24 pretax profit of £173.7m, up 68% YoY from £103.4m.
Tyman: UK CMA confirms it has no further questions about Quanex takeover of Tyman.
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