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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Coca-Cola Hbc AG | 2,379.0 | 7.8% |
| Persimmon PLC | 1,412.5 | 3.8% |
| Frasers Group PLC | 831.0 | 3.1% |
| JD Sports Fashion PLC | 108.5 | 2.9% |
| BT Group PLC | 105.0 | 2.6% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Entain PLC | 936.4 | -3.8% |
| Fresnillo PLC | 465.8 | -1.3% |
| Endeavour Mining PLC | 1,267.0 | -1.2% |
| Centrica PLC | 134.4 | -0.9% |
| United Utilities Group PLC | 1,018.5 | -0.8% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,568 | 0.8% | -5.4% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 38,424 | 0.4% | 12.6% |
| DAX INDEX | 16,945 | 0.4% | 9.3% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 38,158 | 1.2% | 38.8% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,606 | 0.8% | 3.5% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 76.43 | -0.27% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 81.42 | -0.22% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,993 | 0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 371 | 0.2% |
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The UK 100 called to open +28 points at 7,596. The UK 100 looks set for a bright start this morning, this comes after data out today, showed the UK has officially entered a technical recession, after GDP declined in the fourth quarter. Official statistics show a 0.3% decline, worse than economists had expected. This has seen The pound fall to $1.2557, it had been trading at about $1.270 before the announcement. Sterling has been close to steady since November. Stocks rose Wednesday on Wall Street, as markets clawed back some of the steep losses suffered in the previous session. The S&P advanced 0.96% to finish at 5,000.62, while the Nasdaq climbed 1.3% to settle at 15,859.15. The Dow Jones added 151.52 points, or 0.4%, closing at 38,424.27.
Centrica reported a drop in annual profit, dented by lower seasonal demand in H2 and as lofty gains from an exceptionally high comparative period in 2022 narrowed down. They posted an adjusted operating profit of £2.8bn, compared with £3.3bn a year earlier.
GSK completed the acquisition of Aiolos Bio for $1bn upfront and $400m in milestone payments.
JET2 says their winter 2023/24 forward bookings performed well, passenger sectors booked up 17%. They have upped their FY24 pretax profit guidance to between £510-525m, up from £480-520m previously.
RELX state they expect to see another strong performance this year as they reported 13% growth in adjusted operating profit to £3.03bn in 2023.
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 15th February 2024:
Imperial Brands
BP
Shell
Pershing Square Holdings
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 15th February 2024:
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Greencoat UK Wind
UK Commercial Property REIT
Murray Income Trust
Impax Environmental Markets
ICG Enterprise Trust
Balanced Commercial Property Trust
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