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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Gsk PLC | 1,705.0 | 1.9% |
| Unite Group PLC | 940.0 | 1.3% |
| Dcc PLC | 5,555.0 | 1.3% |
| Severn Trent PLC | 2,498.0 | 1.3% |
| Tesco PLC | 300.0 | 1.3% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Jd Sports Fashion PLC | 112.2 | -3.0% |
| Ashtead Group PLC | 5,674.0 | -2.9% |
| Ocado Group PLC | 343.1 | -2.8% |
| Haleon PLC | 331.0 | -2.5% |
| Howden Joinery Group PLC | 857.0 | -2.2% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,121 | -0.3% | 4.5% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 37,903 | 0.2% | 12.5% |
| DAX INDEX | 17,932 | -1.0% | 12.6% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 38,236 | -0.1% | 31.1% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,587 | 0.2% | 4.4% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 79.43 | 0.54% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 83.93 | 0.59% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,314 | -0.2% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 458 | 0.7% |
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The UK 100 called to open +30 points at 8,151. The UK 100 is expected to bounce back with a strong start on Thursday after last night’s US Federal Reserve meeting saw a mixed market reaction. Overnight, following the Fed decision not to raise rates but to announce a tapering of other tightening measures was followed by US stock indices spiked higher, before falling back. The Dow added 87.37 points, or 0.23%, to close at 37,903.29. The S&P lost 0.34% to close at 5,018.39, while the Nasdaq slid 0.33% to settle at 15,605.48.
Capita CFO Tim Weller will retire in August and be replaced by Pablo Andres.
Ryanair carries 17.2m passengers in April, up from 16m YoY, with a load factor of 92%.
Shell reported Q1 adjusted earnings of $7.7bn, sharply beating analyst expectations of $6.46bn, on the back of strong oil trading and higher refining margins. They will also repurchase a further $3.5bn of its shares over the next quarter, as their dividend remained unchanged.
Smurfit Kappa Group reported a Q1 EBITDA of 487m euros, down from 579m YoY. They state that box demand continued to improve, notes volume growth in the Americas.
Standard Chartered posted a 5.5% rise in Q1 pretax profit, beating estimates, as higher interest rates bolstered earnings. They reported a Q1 pretax profit of $1.91bn, up from $1.81bn YoY and ahead of average analyst estimates of $1.39bn. Their credit impairments increased to $165m for the quarter, up from $20m a year earlier.
Wizz Air carries 4.9m passengers in April, slightly lower YoY with a load factor of 90.3%.
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UK
Endeavour Mining*
Melrose Industries
Shell
Smurfit Kappa Group
Spectris
Standard Chartered*
TI Fluid Systems
US
Amgen
Moderna
Novo Nordisk
Apple Inc
Block
Cloudflare
Coinbase Global
Illumina
Unity Software
UK
InterContinental Hotels Group
Mondi
Trainline
US
None
German HCOB Manufacturing PMI
US Challenger Job Cuts
US Initial Jobless Claims
US Nonfarm Productivity
US Unit Labor Costs
US Factory Orders
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 2nd May 2024:
RELX
Glencore
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 2nd May 2024:
Inchcape
GCP Infrastructure Investments
Coats Group
Genuit Group
4imprint Group
Hiscox
Elementis
Senior
Edinburgh Investment Trust
IWG
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