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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Astrazeneca PLC | 10,444.0 | 3.5% |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 332.3 | 2.8% |
| Vodafone Group PLC | 67.4 | 2.7% |
| Intercontinental Hotels Group PLC | 7,932.0 | 2.2% |
| Barclays PLC | 149.5 | 1.9% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Centrica PLC | 131.6 | -5.4% |
| Beazley PLC | 570.0 | -2.6% |
| Natwest Group PLC | 224.2 | -2.3% |
| Kingfisher PLC | 223.0 | -2.0% |
| Fresnillo PLC | 478.8 | -1.8% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,729 | 0.2% | -3.6% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 38,628 | -0.4% | 14.2% |
| DAX INDEX | 17,092 | -0.2% | 10.4% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 38,364 | -0.3% | 39.3% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,659 | -0.1% | 4.2% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 79.43 | 0.30% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 83.49 | -0.08% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,022 | 0.3% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 381 | -0.6% |
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The UK 100 called to open -8 points at 7,720. The UK 100 looks set to open slightly lower, this follows on from a somewhat muted session in Asia this morning, the Nikkei 225 index in Tokyo closed down 0.3%. In China, the Shanghai Composite was up 0.5%, while the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong was up 0.2%. US markets will reopen today following the Presidents’ day holiday.
Antofagasta reported a 5% rise in 2023 FY profit as copper production and prices increased, offsetting higher costs. They reported an EBITDA of $3.1bn, up from $2.9bn in 2022.
Barclays reported a 6% fall in annual profit, in line with expectations as they set out a welter of plans including bumper buybacks, an overhaul of its operations, cost cuts and assets sales to improve performance. They will reorganise their business divisions, return £10bn to shareholders between 2024-2026 and restructure their payments business. They reported a pretax profit of £6.6bn, down from £7bn YoY and in line with the £6.7bn average of analysts’ forecasts complied by the bank.
IHG is expected to return more than $1bn to shareholders in 2024, including $800m in share buyback, after reporting better-than-expected annual revenue per room. Their global revenue per available room came in at 16.1% YoY, compared with average analyst expectation of 15.7%.
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