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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 191.0 | 3.8% |
| Admiral Group PLC | 2,129.0 | 3.5% |
| Barclays PLC | 149.7 | 2.2% |
| Entain PLC | 1,378.5 | 2.1% |
| Natwest Group PLC | 237.2 | 1.8% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Mondi PLC | 1,234.5 | -7.6% |
| BT Group PLC | 114.1 | -4.1% |
| St. James’s Place PLC | 870.0 | -3.3% |
| Fresnillo PLC | 563.2 | -3.2% |
| Ocado Group PLC | 859.4 | -2.9% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,518 | -0.6% | 0.7% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 35,244 | -0.1% | 7.3% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,851 | -1.1% | 16.9% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 32,159 | -1.7% | 15.1% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,312 | -0.6% | 4.8% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 81.10 | 2.03% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 84.67 | 1.77% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,938 | 0.2% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 389 | 1.1% |
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The UK 100 called to open +17 point at 7,546. The UK 100 looks set to start the final trading session of the week on the front foot, following yesterdays 0.25% interest rate rise from the Bank of England. On Wall Street yesterday the S&P 500 fell 0.25% to finish at 4,501.89, while the Dow Jones lost 66.63 points, or 0.19% to end at 35,215.89. The Nasdaq Composite inched down 0.1% to 13,959.72.
Capita expect the net exceptional costs associated with their cyber incident to be between £20-25m as their FY expectations remain unchanged.
De La Rue appoint director Dean Moore as interim CFO with immediate effect.
Halma buys Lazer Safe for AUD45m on cash-and debt-free basis.
Telecom Plus says their strong performance has continued as energy price volatility eases and they expect to deliver “comfortable double-digit” customer growth in their FY.
WPP have downgraded their FY L-f-L growth forecast to 1.5-3.0% from 3.5%, after lower spending from tech clients have caused its revenue to decline in Q2. They reported a H1 pretax profit of £204m.
Jefferies Upgrades Wood Group (John) to Buy from Hold (2 Buys / 7 Holds / 0 Sells)
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Lucid Group
Palantir Technologies
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 10th August 2023:
Ashtead Group
Rio Tinto
Barclays
Shell
Informa
SEGRO
Natwest Group
AstraZeneca
Standard Chartered
IMI
Pearson
HSBC Holdings
BP
Fresnillo
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 10th August 2023:
Greencoat UK Wind
Vanquis Banking Group
GCP Infrastructure Investments
Impax Environmental Markets
Scottish American Investment Company
Man Group
Domino’s Pizza Group
Renewables Infrastructure Group
Target Healthcare REIT
Spirent Communications
IP Group
Balanced Commercial Property Trust
Tritax Big Box REIT
Hikma Pharmaceuticals
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