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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Fresnillo PLC | 555.0 | 5.0% |
| Endeavour Mining PLC | 1,654.0 | 4.2% |
| BP PLC | 547.0 | 2.0% |
| United Utilities Group PLC | 996.2 | 1.6% |
| Shell PLC | 2,721.0 | 1.5% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| St. James’s Place PLC | 646.6 | -21.0% |
| Ocado Group PLC | 533.4 | -6.8% |
| Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC | 8,486.0 | -4.6% |
| JD Sports Fashion PLC | 131.3 | -4.5% |
| Hargreaves Lansdown PLC | 741.0 | -3.7% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,596 | -0.6% | 11.3% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,654 | 0.1% | 12.9% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,192 | -1.5% | 23.9% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 32,316 | -0.6% | 19.3% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,051 | -0.6% | 4.3% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 86.31 | 4.10% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 89.42 | 3.98% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,921 | 2.8% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 357 | -0.6% |
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The UK 100 called to open +28 points at 7,629. UK 100 is set to open higher on Monday, amid a downbeat trading session in Asia as fears grow of an escalation in the conflict in the Middle East. In Asia on Monday Tokyo closed -1.9%, Shanghai -0.4% and Hong Kong -0.6%. On Friday Wall Street ended mixed with the Dow closing 0.1%, S&P -0.5% and Nasdaq -1.2%.
GSK’s Jemperli receives positive opinion from EU CHMP recommending approval. If approved it would become the first new EU frontline treatment in decades.
888 Holdings confirms Per Widerstrom as their new CEO with immediate effect.
Barclays Downgrades Ocado to Underweight from Equal Weight (5 Buys / 4 Holds / 2 Sells)
Jefferies Upgrades Pennon Group to Buy from Underperform (2 Buys / 6 Holds / 1 Sell)
Jefferies Upgrades Severn Trent to Buy from Underperform (2 Buys / 4 Holds / 2 Sells)
Jefferies Upgrades United Utilities to Buy from Hold (3 Buys / 9 Holds / 0 Sells)
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Bellway
IntegraFin Holdings
Moneysupermarket.com
Ninety One
Rio Tinto
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Bank of America Corp
Goldman Sachs
Johnson & Johnson
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 19th October 2023:
Smiths Group
BAE Systems
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 19th October 2023:
Close Brothers Group
ITV
Foresight Solar Fund
Marshalls
Coats Group
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