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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Antofagasta PLC | 2,214.0 | 2.9% |
| Sage Group PLC | 1,063.5 | 2.4% |
| Diageo PLC | 2,712.5 | 2.1% |
| Natwest Group PLC | 318.8 | 2.1% |
| St. James’s Place PLC | 530.0 | 1.9% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Vodafone Group PLC | 72.2 | -5.8% |
| National Grid PLC | 865.6 | -4.0% |
| WPP PLC | 778.8 | -3.5% |
| Easyjet PLC | 473.2 | -2.9% |
| Sainsbury (J) PLC | 267.6 | -2.3% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,285 | 0.5% | 8.6% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 38,830 | 0.1% | 15.6% |
| DAX INDEX | 18,653 | 0.4% | 16.6% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 38,704 | 0.6% | 21.3% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,822 | 0.7% | 9.9% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 75.46 | 1.88% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 79.84 | 1.82% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,373 | 0.8% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 468 | 1.6% |
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The UK 100 called to open +13 points at 8,298. The UK 100 looks set to open higher this morning. The recent uptrend in US stock and bond markets halted on Thursday as investors awaited economic health data. Asian stocks however fared better this morning following yesterday’s European Central Bank’s interest rate cut and a tick up in oil prices after comments from OPEC+ members Saudi Arabia and Russia indicating a potential pause or reversal in output agreements. Focus today will turn in the afternoon to the US non-farm payrolls report for May. The forecast predicts an addition of 185,000 jobs, just above April’s figure of 175,000. The annual wage growth rate is expected to hold steady at 3.9%.
Bellway have raised their annual average selling price forecast and pointed to strong trading in the Spring selling season as improved affordability lifted customer confidence. Their private reservation rate rose 6.9% YoY to 0.62 units during the Feb 1st – June 2nd period.
Diversified Energy Company acquires interest in assets from Oaktree Capital for $337m net price as they increase their credit facility by 26% adding $80m.
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 13th June 2024:
Intermediate Capital Group
RS Group
Land Securities Group
Compass Group
JD Sports Fashion
Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 13th June 2024:
TBC Bank Group
3i Infrastructure
Empiric Student Property
Hollywood Bowl Group
LondonMetric Property
Worldwide Healthcare Trust
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust
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