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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Ocado Group PLC | 373.8 | 6.2% |
| Marks And Spencer Group PLC | 299.2 | 2.3% |
| Intertek Group PLC | 5,025.0 | 1.4% |
| Airtel Africa PLC | 121.0 | 1.4% |
| Phoenix Group Holdings PLC | 503.0 | 1.4% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| National Grid PLC | 889.4 | -3.7% |
| Rs Group PLC | 740.5 | -2.6% |
| Fresnillo PLC | 596.0 | -2.2% |
| Severn Trent PLC | 2449.0 | -2.2% |
| Centrica PLC | 141.2 | -1.9% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,318 | -0.3% | 9.1% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 39,070 | 0.0% | 18.1% |
| DAX INDEX | 18,775 | 0.4% | 17.5% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 38,900 | 0.7% | 25.8% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,788 | 0.8% | 8.9% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 78.74 | 1.31% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 83.13 | 1.23% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,354 | 0.9% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 482 | 1.5% |
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The UK 100 called to open +4 points at 8,322. The UK 100 looks set to open higher this morning, the UK bluechip index will be looking to break a four day losing streak. It was a public holiday in both the US and the UK yesterday, but Asian markets were generally positive. This morning equities in Asia are looking subdued, with mixed moves either side of the flatline.
Bunzl completes the acquisition of Nisbets following clearance by Irish regulators.
Intermediate Capital Group report a FY24 pretax profit of £597.8m up from £258.1m YoY. They do note high interest rates and weak economic growth could impact the business in their outlook.
Revolution Bars receives a non-binding takeover offer from Nightcap but rejects the proposal.
Softcat says market conditions and trading in Q3 were consistent with H1.
Goldman Sachs Downgrades Fevertree to Sell from Neutral (6 Buys / 8 Holds / 1 Sell)
UK
Intermediate Capital Group PLC
Ithica Energy PLC
US
None
UK
Bank of Georgia PLC
Pets at Home Group PLC
US
HP
Salesforce
UiPath
ECB’s Schnabel speech
Fed’s Bowman speech
Fed’s Mester speech
Eurogroup Meeting
US Housing Price Index
BoE’s Mann speech
Fed’s Kashkari speech
US Consumer Confidence
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 30th May 2024:
Coca-Cola HBC AG
Severn Trent
Centrica
Intertek Group
Associated British Foods
Marks and Spencer Group
Sage Group
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 30th May 2024:
Hilton Food Group
Keller Group
Great Portland Estates
Hill & Smith
Centamin
Victrex
Britvic
Temple Bar Investment Trust
BlackRock World Mining Trust
Law Debenture Corporation
JTC
JPMorgan Global Growth & Income
SSP Group
Alliance Trust
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