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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Smith (Ds) PLC | 310.0 | 10.3% |
| British American Tobacco PLC | 2,493.5 | 7.5% |
| Smurfit Kappa Group PLC | 3,144.0 | 5.8% |
| Unilever PLC | 4,036.0 | 3.5% |
| Compass Group PLC | 2,208.0 | 2.7% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Astrazeneca PLC | 9,769.0 | -6.9% |
| SSE PLC | 1,570.0 | -5.0% |
| Persimmon PLC | 1,375.5 | -4.4% |
| Mondi PLC | 1,339.0 | -3.0% |
| JD Sports Fashion PLC | 104.2 | -3.0% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,595 | -0.4% | -4.0% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 38,726 | 0.1% | 14.9% |
| DAX INDEX | 16,964 | 0.3% | 9.3% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 36,897 | 0.1% | 33.8% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,645 | 0.1% | 2.1% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 76.21 | -0.01% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 81.53 | -0.12% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,034 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 370 | 0.1% |
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The UK 100 called to open +5 points at 7,600. The UK 100 looks set to open slightly higher this morning, recovering above 7600 having fallen from highs of 7653 yesterday. On Wall Street the S&P index edged up 0.06% to finish at 4,997.91 after reaching a high of 5,000.40 heading into the close. The Dow Jones rose 48.97 points, or 0.13%, to end at 38,726.33, while the Nasdaq gained 0.24% to close at 15,793.71. In the US today, the Bureau of Statistics will release the CPI revisions today, which consists of the revised month-over-month CPI figures for the past five years, incorporating some adjustments.
Barclays buys Tesco Bank for up to £700m as they enter into a strategic partnership for an initial term of 10 years.
Bellway reports lower revenue and house completions in H1. H1 revenue came in at £1.25bn, down from £1.8bn YoY, which was in line with expectations. H1 housing completions were 4,092, down from 5,695 YoY. Their forward order book stood at £1.01bn as of Jan 31st, down from £1.39bn YoY.
Victrex notes a slow start to FY24.
Deutsche Bank Downgrades AstraZeneca to Sell from Hold (15 Buys / 2 Holds / 1 Sell)
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