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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| JD Sports Fashion PLC | 149.7 | 4.8% |
| Severn Trent PLC | 2,365.0 | 4.4% |
| Croda International PLC | 4,915.0 | 4.3% |
| United Utilities Group PLC | 948.2 | 4.1% |
| Ocado Group PLC | 600.4 | 3.3% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Hargreaves Lansdown PLC | 773.2 | -2.1% |
| Shell PLC | 2,606.0 | -2.1% |
| BAE Systems PLC | 997.8 | -2.0% |
| BP PLC | 531.4 | -1.8% |
| Flutter Entertainment PLC | 13,390.0 | -1.2% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,608 | 0.1% | 10.4% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,508 | -0.5% | 16.7% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,387 | 0.4% | 27.0% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 31,858 | -0.1% | 22.8% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,049 | 0.3% | 8.9% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 90.79 | -1.00% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 92.20 | -0.97% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,849 | -0.9% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 374 | 0.8% |
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The UK 100 called to open +5 points at 7,613. The UK 100 looks set to open the week higher, following welcome news that a US government shutdown was averted over the weekend. In China, business activity rose marginally in September, according to the latest survey data from Caixin. The composite purchasing managers’ index, which measures the manufacturing and services sectors, eased to 50.9 points in September from 51.7 the month before. The services PMI fell to 50.2 from 51.8, while manufacturing fell to 50.6 from 51.0. The Dow Jones lost 158.84 points, or 0.47% to finish at 33,507.50, led down by Travelers Companies. The S&P 500 dropped 0.27% to 4,288.05. The Nasdaq traded up 0.14% to 13,219.32, however, Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average have risen 144 points, or 0.42%. S&P 500 futures have gained 0.45%, while Nasdaq futures have added 0.65% this morning.
Entain, the global sports betting, gaming and interactive entertainment group, this morning announced the completion of its acquisition of Angstrom Sports, a specialist provider of next generation sports modelling, forecasting and data analytics.
Melrose this morning confirmed the commencement of £500 share buyback programme, as part of its 2023 interim results announcement on 7 September 2023, the Company announced it was commencing early its share buyback programme at the beginning of October 2023, starting with a £500 million on-market buyback, to be conducted over 12 months
Pennon Group PLC reported trading is in line with expectations as it unveiled a £2.8 billion investment package between 2025-20230 at South West Water. Updating investors on trading for the six months ended September 30, Pennon said it was on track to deliver significant environmental investment plan with capex of over £400 million for 2023/24 and well positioned to continue to deliver a cumulative doubling of return on regulated equity base returns to 2023/24.
Peel Hunt, a leading UK investment bank, today issues a trading update in respect of the six-month period ended 30 September 2023. Saying, “Throughout the first half we have continued to support our clients in navigating the prolonged period of adverse market conditions that has persisted since the end of 2021. In line with market expectations, Group revenue for the period is expected to be approximately £42.4m, an increase of approximately 3.2% year on year.”
United Utilities this morning said trading is in line with the group’s expectations for the year ending 31 March 2024, and we reiterate technical guidance for underlying performance provided at our full year results on 25 May 2023.
Yellow Cake, a specialist company operating in the uranium sector holding physical uranium for the long term, has announced that, on 30 September 2023, it took delivery of 1,350,000 lb of U3O8 from Kazatomprom at the Cameco storage facility in Canada.
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Chinese Caixin Manufacturing PMI
Chinese Caixin Services PMI
Japanese Tankan Large Manufacturing Index
German HCOB Manufacturing PMI
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 5th October 2023:
Smith & Nephew
Weir Group
Centrica
F&C Investment Trust
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 5th October 2023:
Hays
Bank of Georgia Group
Morgan Sindall Group
Travis Perkins
Merchants Trust
Hunting
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust
Bodycote
JPMorgan Emerging Markets Invest Trust
Murray International Trust
RIT Capital Partners
Spectris
Barr (A.G.)
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