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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| IMI PLC | 1,565.0 | 4.5% |
| BP PLC | 536.8 | 1.1% |
| Shell PLC | 2,620.0 | 0.8% |
| Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC | 9,310.0 | 0.7% |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC | 2,091.0 | 0.5% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Ocado Group PLC | 623.0 | -8.6% |
| Centrica PLC | 157.4 | -5.3% |
| Land Securities Group PLC | 581.2 | -4.0% |
| RS Group PLC | 720.4 | -3.8% |
| Unite Group PLC | 887.5 | -3.5% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,578 | -0.6% | 9.1% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,561 | -0.2% | 15.2% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,199 | -0.4% | 25.6% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 32,372 | 0.2% | 23.7% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,030 | -0.1% | 8.8% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 93.17 | 3.08% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 96.23 | 2.42% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,884 | -0.9% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 364 | -0.2% |
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The UK 100 called to open +2 points at 7,594. The UK 100 looks set to open higher this morning, Shares in Asia this morning were mixed, after shares of embattled Chinese real estate firm Evergrande were suspended. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index slipped 0.57%, Mainland Chinese stocks were slightly up on Thursday, with the CSI 300 rising 0.21%. Japan’s Nikkei 225 slipped 0.82%, while the Topix saw a smaller loss of 0.75% on Thursday morning. Wall Street yesterday also had a mixed session The Dow Jones fell 68.61 points, or 0.20%, ending the session at 33,550.27. Earlier in the session, it was up as much as 112.77 points. The S&P edged up 0.02% to close at 4,274.51, while the Nasdaq added 0.22% to end the session at 13,092.85
Babcock have stuck to their guidance for higher organic revenue and improving margins this year, helped by progress in its shipbuilding and nuclear infrastructure contracts.
Ceres Power reports that their H1 2023 pretax loss has widened to £26.4m from £24.5m YoY.
Deliveroo proposes a £250m tender offer of 115-135p per share of up to 217.4m shares.
Diageo says expectations for FY24 are unchanged from their Aug 1st release as they are well-positioned to deliver medium-term guidance for FY23 to FY25.
Mitchells & Butlers posted a rise in annual sales growth, as more customers stepped out to grab drinks and food at its pubs despite a high inflationary environment and a cost of living crisis.
Safestore Holdings CFO Andy Jones is to retire from his role and stay on until the succession is complete.
888 Holdings expects their Q3 revenue to be down by 10% to £400m, with Q4 revenue expected to be higher than Q3. Their FY23 adjusted EBITDA margin is expected to be around 18-19%.
Barclays Downgrades United Utilities to Equal Weight from Over Weight (2 Buys / 7 Holds / 0 Sells)
Barclays Upgrades Severn Trent to Overweight from Equal Weight (1 Buy / 5 Holds / 2 Sells)
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 28th September 2023:
Barratt Developments
Phoenix Group Holdings
M&G
British American Tobacco
Smurfit Kappa Group
Rightmove
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 28th September 2023:
Foresight Group Holdings
TP ICAP Group
Petershill Partners
Hipgnosis Songs Fund
Kainos Group
Computacenter
Mercantile Investment Trust
HgCapital Trust
Games Workshop Group
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