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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Fresnillo PLC | 586.2 | 2.7% |
| Prudential PLC | 1,004.0 | 2.0% |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 216.8 | 1.8% |
| Persimmon PLC | 1,058.0 | 1.8% |
| Ocado Group PLC | 795.8 | 1.7% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Kingfisher PLC | 564.2 | -0.5% |
| International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. | 327.4 | -0.1% |
| Jd Sports Fashion PLC | 157.9 | -1.6% |
| SSE PLC | 946.8 | -1.4% |
| BT Group PLC | 1,543.0 | -1.3% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,476 | 0.1% | 1.5% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 34,870 | 0.1% | 9.7% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,894 | -0.2% | 22.8% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 32,333 | 0.3% | 15.1% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,298 | 1.2% | 4.3% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 81.40 | 0.30% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 85.62 | 0.15% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,946 | 0.4% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 384 | 0.1% |
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The UK 100 called to open +13 points at 7,487. The UK 100 looks set to open higher once again this morning. This comes after the S&P advanced Wednesday for a four-day winning run. The broad-market index climbed 0.38%, surpassing the 4,500 level, to close at 4,514.87. The Dow Jones added 37.57 points or 0.11%, to finish the session at 34,890.24. The tech-heavy Nasdaq advanced 0.54% to 14,019.31. Asian markets were mixed with gains in Tokyo and falls in Hong Kong and China.
Grafton report a H1 pretax profit of £93.6m down from £132.4m YoY. They have increased their interim H1 dividend to 10p (up from 9.25p YoY) and have announced a further share buyback programme of up to £50m ending before Jan 31st 2024.
Marks & Spencer returns to the UK 100 as Johnson Matthey & Persimmon exit to the UK 250.
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