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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Pearson PLC | 1,014.5 | 5.6% |
| Endeavour Mining PLC | 1,336.0 | 4.8% |
| Standard Chartered PLC | 695.2 | 4.1% |
| Anglo American PLC | 1,766.4 | 3.8% |
| Natwest Group PLC | 246.8 | 3.2% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Ocado Group PLC | 479.1 | -6.3% |
| Melrose Industries PLC | 625.2 | -1.5% |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC | 1,938.0 | -1.5% |
| Relx PLC | 3,412.0 | -1.4% |
| Whitbread PLC | 3,258.0 | -1.4% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,683 | 0.7% | -3.3% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 39,087 | 0.2% | 17.1% |
| DAX INDEX | 17,735 | 0.3% | 13.8% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 40,109 | 0.5% | 43.6% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,736 | -0.1% | 6.2% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 80.02 | 0.06% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 83.71 | 0.19% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,086 | 0.2% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 386 | 0.0% |
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The UK 100 called to open -16 points at 7,667. The UK 100 looks set to start the week slightly lower thins morning, as attention and focus will start to shift towards Wednesdays Spring budget. On Wall Street Friday, the Nasdaq Composite rose to an all-time high, surpassing its 2021 record. The tech-heavy Nasdaq advanced 1.14% to 16,274.94, notching a new high of 16,302.24 during the session. A day earlier, the index closed at its first record since November 2021. The S&P added 0.80% to 5,137.08 for its first close above the 5,100 threshold. The Dow Jones Industrial Average
Aviva acquires Probitas for £242m, including latter’s fully-integrated Lloyd’s platform.
Clarkson reports a FY pretax profit of £108.8m and a FY dividend of £1.02 per share.
Ryanair reports that their February traffic numbers increased 5% to 11.1m guests. They operated over 63,000 flights in February as 800 flights were cancelled due to Israel/Gaza conflict.
Senior anticipates good growth for the group in 2024, in line with expectations. They have declared a final dividend of 1.70p, bringing the FY dividend to 2.30p, up 77%. Supply chain issues are improving as anticipated and they expect further improvement as 2024 progresses and they expect aerospace performance to continue in 2025.
Wizz Air carries 4.4m passengers in February, up 16% YoY.
Berenberg Upgrades BT Group to Buy from Hold (8 Buys / 3 Holds / 1 Sell)
Jefferies Upgrades BP to Buy from Hold (6 Buys / 4 Holds / 0 Sells)
UBS Upgrades Compass Group to Buy from Neutral (7 Buys / 8 Holds / 1 Sell)
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 7th March 2024:
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HSBC Holdings
Standard Chartered
Berkeley Group Holdings
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JPMorgan Global Growth & Income
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