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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Next PLC | 11,035.0 | 10.5% |
| Marks And Spencer Group PLC | 348.3 | 3.5% |
| Compass Group PLC | 2,565.0 | 2.8% |
| Associated British Foods PLC | 1,945.0 | 1.9% |
| Endeavour Mining PLC | 1,787.0 | 1.8% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Antofagasta PLC | 1,777.5 | -6.0% |
| M&G PLC | 205.6 | -5.6% |
| Taylor Wimpey PLC | 108.1 | -4.4% |
| Schroders PLC | 358.6 | -4.3% |
| Segro PLC | 680.6 | -3.2% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,666 | -0.3% | 9.0% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 42,300 | -0.4% | 6.3% |
| DAX INDEX | 22,679 | -0.7% | 22.6% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 37,120 | -1.8% | -7.6% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,982 | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 69.59 | -0.47% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 73.71 | -0.43% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 3,082 | 0.8% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 510 | -0.4% |
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The UK 100 called to open -22 points this morning at 8,643. The UK 100 looks set to open lower for the final trading day of the week. UK retail sales data out this morning, including auto fuel rose 1% in February from a month earlier. That’s a slower rate of increase compared to January, but they had been forecast to have dropped 0.4%, so this is an upbeat surprise. Also out this morning was the final GDP figure which came in largely as expected, confirming quarterly growth of 0.1%. On an annual basis the final figure was slightly better than the provisional reading, with growth of 1.5% compared to the 1.4% reported earlier.
Stocks fell on Thursday Stateside as investors weighed the latest tariff-related news from President Donald Trump, including his new tariffs aimed at foreign automakers. The Dow Jones dropped 155.09 points, or 0.37%, to end at 42,299.70. The S&P declined 0.33% to close at 5,693.31, and the Nasdaq slid 0.53% to settle at 17,804.03.
SSE today announces the appointment of Martin Pibworth as Chief Executive designate, Current Chief Executive Alistair Phillips-Davies CBE announced his decision to retire from SSE in November 2024 and Martin will formally take over from Alistair following SSE’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 17 July 2025.
WH Smith has agreed to sell its UK high street chain to Modella Capital in a deal valuing it at £76million, and will eventually rebrand as TGJones, the company has announced.
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 3rd April 2025:
Phoenix Group Holdings
Mondi
Rentokil Initial
Barratt Redrow
IMI
InterContinental Hotels Group
Smiths Group
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 3rd April 2025:
Ithica Energy
Pollen Street Group
Domino’s Pizza Group
Breedon Group
Direct Line Insurance Group
Murray International Trust
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund
RIT Capital Partners
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust
European Smaller Companies Trust
Smithson Investment Trust
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