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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Fresnillo PLC | 505.5 | 7.6% |
| Anglo American PLC | 2,041.5 | 4.6% |
| Shell PLC | 2,717.0 | 3.5% |
| Glencore PLC | 448.4 | 3.0% |
| BP PLC | 508.6 | 2.6% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC | 4,275.0 | -5.3% |
| Entain PLC | 757.6 | -5.0% |
| Ocado Group PLC | 435.9 | -4.2% |
| Persimmon PLC | 1,270.0 | -3.5% |
| Burberry Group PLC | 1,171.5 | -3.4% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,935 | -0.2% | 3.4% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 39,170 | -1.0% | 16.6% |
| DAX INDEX | 18,283 | -1.1% | 17.3% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 39,452 | -1.0% | 40.0% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,783 | -1.3% | 7.8% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 85.14 | -0.01% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 88.98 | 0.07% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,283 | 0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 410 | 0.7% |
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The UK 100 called to open -20 points at 7,915. The UK 100 looks set to open lower this morning as Asian markets followed the major US indices lower overnight, as investors worried that the Fed may delay cutting interest rates, however two Fed officials yesterday suggested that the previously expected three rate cuts this year would be “reasonable”, focus will turn to a raft of Fed speakers today, most notably Fed Chair Jerome Powell and to US services PMI data due out later today. On Wall Street, The S&P, Nasdaq, and Dow Jones all experienced declines. The S&P dropped by 0.72 per cent to close at 5,206.04 points, while the Nasdaq fell by 0.95 per cent to 16,240.45. Similarly, the Dow Jones saw a 1.0 per cent drop, settling at 39,171.55.
Hilton Food Group raised it dividend payout after pretax profit jumped last year on a quicker-than-anticipated recovery in its seafood business. They reported this morning that its pretax profit increased to 48.6 million pounds ($61.1 million) in 2023 from GBP29.6 million in 2022, driven by a strong result in its U.K. and Ireland segment as a recovery in its U.K. seafood business was delivered ahead of plan.
Ryanair carried 13.6 million passengers, last month, up 8%, with its planes 93% full.
Wizz Air this morning announced that they had carried 4.8m passengers in March and increase of 12% YoY
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 4th April 2024:
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Rentokil Initial
IMI
InterContinental Hotels Group
Smiths Group
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 4th April 2024:
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Hammerson
Breedon Group
Domino’s Pizza Group
Direct Line Insurance Group
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund
RIT Capital Partners
Games Workshop Group
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust
Empiric Student Property
European Smaller Companies Trust
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