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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Natwest Group PLC | 229.5 | 7.1% |
| Antofagasta PLC | 1,785.0 | 5.7% |
| Lloyds Banking Group PLC | 43.2 | 3.9% |
| Weir Group PLC | 1,870.5 | 3.9% |
| IMI PLC | 1,769.0 | 3.8% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Airtel Africa PLC | 96.3 | -3.2% |
| Vodafone Group PLC | 65.6 | -1.4% |
| Entain PLC | 933.4 | -0.6% |
| Ocado Group PLC | 536.0 | -0.6% |
| International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. | 145.7 | -0.5% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,712 | 1.5% | -3.7% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 38,628 | -0.4% | 14.2% |
| DAX INDEX | 17,117 | 0.4% | 10.6% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 38,470 | 0.0% | 39.8% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,665 | 0.1% | 4.3% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 78.86 | -0.42% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 82.93 | -0.65% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,021 | 0.4% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 381 | -0.6% |
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The UK 100 called to open -11 points at 7,700. The UK 100 is called marginally lower ahead of the open today with US markets closed for the day for the Presidents day holiday. This comes after a strong session for the UK blue chip index on Friday, which saw a three-figure increase. In Asia, this morning, the Hang Seng index was 0.9% lower but the Shanghai Composite has reopened following the new year holiday with an improvement of 1.6%.
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UK
Moneysupermarket.com
US
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UK
Antofagasta
Barclays
InterContinental Hotels Group
US
Medtronic
The Home Depot
Walmart
Palo Alto Networks
Teladoc Health
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 22nd February 2024:
Endeavour Mining
AstraZeneca
Land Securities Group
GSK
Unilever
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 22nd February 2024:
BBGI Global Infrastructure S.A.
Tritax EuroBox GBP
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust
Virgin Money UK
easyJet
Redrow
Witan Investment Trust
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