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| Yesterday’s FTSE100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| BT Group PLC | 131.6 | 16.3% |
| Burberry Group PLC | 1,133.5 | 2.9% |
| Prudential PLC | 825.6 | 2.7% |
| Phoenix Group Holdings PLC | 526.1 | 2.2% |
| Rio Tinto PLC | 5,639.0 | 2.1% |
| Yesterday’s FTSE100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Sage Group PLC | 1091.0 | -8.9% |
| Easyjet PLC | 498.4 | -5.9% |
| Convatec Group PLC | 256.4 | -3.7% |
| Kingfisher PLC | 260.7 | -3.1% |
| International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. | 177.0 | -2.8% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,438 | -0.2% | 8.6% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 40,023 | 0.3% | 20.8% |
| DAX INDEX | 18,725 | -0.8% | 18.3% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 38,920 | 1.4% | 29.3% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,881 | 1.7% | 9.5% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 79.07 | 0.56% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 83.07 | 0.39% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,381 | -0.2% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 486 | -1.3% |
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The UK 100 called to open -10 points at 8,428. The UK 100 looks set to open slightly lower this morning ahead of what is set to be a fairly placid day of Macro data. Yesterday Stateside saw the Dow Jones close slightly lower after briefly jumping above 40,000 for the first time, the 30-stock Dow ended the day down 38.62 points, or 0.1%, closing at 39,869.38. The S&P fell 0.21%, closing at 5,297.10. The Nasdaq finished the day lower by 0.26%, ending at 16,698.32.
GSK completes the sale of all 385.3m Haleon shares at 324p each, totalling 1.25bn shares for total proceeds of £3.9bn.
Land Securities posted a narrower annual loss, driven by encouraging rental growth and occupancy levels, while elevated interest rates continue to weigh on the valuation of its buildings. The value of their buildings (ERPA Net Tangible Assets) fell 8% to 859p for the year ended March 31st.
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Land Securities Group PLC
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Kainos Group Ltd
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Palo Alto Networks
Zoom Video Communications
Chinese Industrial Production
Chinese Retail Sales
BoE’s Mann speech
EU Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 23rd May 2024:
DCC
Whitbread
Imperial Brands
Diploma
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 23rd May 2024:
TI Fluid Systems
NextEnergy Solar Fund
Diversified Energy Company
Bluefield Solar Income Fund
BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust
Tritax EuroBox GBP
HICL Infrastructure
Tritax Big Box REIT
Grainger
Spire Healthcare Group
Scottish American Investment Company
Bellway
BlackRock Greater Europe Inv Trust
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