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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Smurfit Kappa Group PLC | 3,722.0 | 4.0% |
| Beazley PLC | 694.5 | 2.0% |
| Centrica PLC | 134.8 | 1.5% |
| Anglo American PLC | 2,424.5 | 1.5% |
| Vodafone Group PLC | 71.7 | 1.5% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Berkeley Group Holdings (The) PLC | 4762.0 | -5.0% |
| Persimmon PLC | 1360.2 | -3.2% |
| Barratt Developments PLC | 468.8 | -2.7% |
| Segro PLC | 894.8 | -2.6% |
| Taylor Wimpey PLC | 143.8 | -2.5% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,205 | 0.2% | 8.1% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 38,835 | 0.2% | 13.2% |
| DAX INDEX | 18,068 | -0.4% | 11.5% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 38,571 | 0.2% | 15.5% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,770 | -0.1% | 5.6% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 81.47 | -0.12% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 85.07 | -0.30% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,328 | -0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 445 | 0.4% |
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The UK 100 called to open +16 points at 8,215. UK 100 is called to open higher on Thursday ahead of the Bank of England Interest rate decision today at 12pm, where they are expected to hold rates at 5.25%. In Asia shares were largely lower with Shanghai closing -0.3%, Hong Kong -0.6% and Tokyo +0.1%. The US were closed for their Juneteenth holiday.
AstraZeneca celebrates the approval of Truqap plus Faslodex in EU for forms of breast cancer.
DS Smith reports a FY24 pretax profit of £503m, down from £661m YoY. Their dividend is unchanged as they note weak consumer demand environment and high inflation in FY24. They state the positive trends in packaging volumes from H2 continued into current FY25.
Phoenix Group says they have reduced their debt by £250m.
Sainsbury’s sells their core banking business to NatWest, which includes Sainsbury’s bank personal loan, credit card and retail deposits portfolio. The sales will return £250m in excess capital to Sainsbury’s.
Tate & Lyle proposes a merger with CP Kelco which is worth $1.8bn.
Berenberg Downgrades SSP Group to Hold from Buy (9 Buys / 2 Holds / 0 Sells)
UBS Downgrades Ryanair to Neutral from Buy (4 Buys / 1 Hold / 0 Sells)
UBS Upgrades Land Securities to Buy from Neutral (7 Buys / 7 Holds / 2 Sells)
UK
DS Smith PLC
Sycona Ltd
Urban Logistics REIT PLC
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Accenture
UK
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PBoC Interest Rate Decision
Eurogroup Meeting
EU Economic Bulletin
BoE Asset Purchase Facility
BoE Interest Rate Decision
BoE Minutes
BoE MPC Vote
BoE Monetary Policy Report
US Building Permits
US Housing Starts
US Initial Jobless Claims
US Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Survey
EU Consumer Confidence
UK GfK Consumer Confidence
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 20th June 2024:
United Utilities Group
Persimmon
Airtel Africa
3i Group
Experian
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 20th June 2024:
British Land Company
Tate & Lyle
Mercantile Investment Trust
Templeton Emerging Markets IT
AVI Global Trust
MITIE Group
Patria Private Equity Trust
Fidelity China Special Situations
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