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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Intermediate Capital Group PLC | 2,250.0 | 6.2% |
| Halma PLC | 2,941.0 | 3.7% |
| Entain PLC | 703.6 | 3.5% |
| Aviva PLC | 510.2 | 3.3% |
| Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC | 1,077.0 | 2.1% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Easyjet PLC | 488.7 | -4.4% |
| United Utilities Group PLC | 973.4 | -2.6% |
| Centrica PLC | 135.5 | -2.2% |
| Severn Trent PLC | 2477.0 | -1.9% |
| Diageo PLC | 2383.5 | -1.9% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,545 | 0.0% | 14.2% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 44,157 | 0.3% | 16.5% |
| DAX INDEX | 21,254 | 1.0% | 27.8% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 39,959 | 0.8% | 9.4% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,379 | -0.6% | 11.5% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 75.08 | -0.48% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 78.66 | -0.43% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,752 | -0.2% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 425 | -1.2% |
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The UK 100 called to open -20 points at 8,525. The UK 100 looks set to open lower this morning, following a strong showing Stateside yesterday, driven in part by big tech.
Stocks climbed on Wednesday, with the S&P hitting a fresh all-time high, as technology shares such as Oracle and Nvidia rallied on artificial intelligence optimism and President Donald Trump’s new term in office. The S&P advanced 0.61% after hitting an intraday record of 6,100.81, exceeding the last milestone touched in December before the market pullback. The broad index closed at 6,086.37, slightly below its all-time closing high. The Nasdaq popped 1.28% to 20,009.34, underscoring the outperformance of tech names. The Dow Jones added 130.92 points, or 0.3%, to 44,156.73, boosted by Procter & Gamble’s gain of nearly 2% on the back of strong earnings. Stocks surged on strong earnings reports, with Netflix jumping more than 9% after the company surpassed 300 million paid memberships. Its fourth-quarter earnings and revenue also topped analyst expectations.
Associated British Foods today cut its Primark sales growth forecast after the chain’s UK operation endured a difficult end to 2024. UK sales in the 16 weeks to 4 January declined 4%, with the like-for-like figure down 6.4%. Its market share decreased slightly to 6.8%. The performance reflected a weak October and November followed by stronger sales and like-for-like growth in December over the key Christmas trading weeks.
THG, which owns the likes of Look Fantastic, MyProtein, and Cult Beauty, has reported a dip in sales for the fourth quarter but said it expects full year adjusted EBITDA to be “in line” with expectations in its first update since demerging its technology platform Ingenuity. For the fourth quarter to December 31, 2024, THG reported a 2.6% decline in group revenue year on year of £552.4m.
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