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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Segro PLC | 743.0 | 2.3% |
| Astrazeneca PLC | 10,568.0 | 1.9% |
| Land Securities Group PLC | 598.6 | 1.8% |
| Ocado Group PLC | 612.2 | 1.7% |
| Mondi PLC | 1,242.0 | 1.5% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Imi PLC | 1,597.0 | -2.0% |
| Barclays PLC | 152.7 | -1.9% |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 150.9 | -1.8% |
| Sainsbury (J) PLC | 270.0 | -1.7% |
| Severn Trent PLC | 2,533.0 | -1.6% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,521 | -0.1% | 4.1% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 34,418 | 0.0% | 10.7% |
| DAX INDEX | 16,036 | -0.3% | 25.7% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 33,423 | -1.0% | 26.5% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,279 | 0.5% | 10.1% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 71.24 | 2.08% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 76.16 | 2.02% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,927 | 0.3% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 379 | -0.1% |
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The UK 100 called to open -18 points at 7501. The UK 100 looks set to make a muted start today ahead of multiple service sector PMI readings. US markets were closed yesterday for Independence Day while in Asia markets fell following a slowdown in the Caixin services purchasing managers’ index in China which eased to 53.9 points in June from 57.1 in May. In China, the Shanghai Composite was down 0.5%, while the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong was down 1.3%. The Nikkei fell 0.5% in Tokyo.
AO World report that their profit has recovered in the 2022-23 year as they have benefited from a plan to reduce costs and improve margins. Their EBITDA came in at £45m in the year to March 31st, in line with guidance and up from the £23m in 2021/22. Revenue fell by 17% to £1.14bn.
Legal & General says they are on track to achieve their 5-year ambitions as they expect to generate £8-9bn of capital over 2020-2024. They expect for FY22 an operating profit from divisions of £2.1bn. As of June their total annuity new business premiums stood at £575m, +27% YoY.
Topps Tiles expects to perform in line with market expectations in FY.
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