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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC | 808.4 | 1.3% |
| GSK PLC | 1,461.2 | 0.8% |
| Prudential PLC | 878.2 | 0.7% |
| Unilever PLC | 3,812.5 | 0.7% |
| Rio Tinto PLC | 5,860.0 | 0.6% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| BT Group PLC | 123.0 | -2.5% |
| Flutter Entertainment PLC | 13,840.0 | -1.5% |
| Beazley PLC | 524.0 | -1.1% |
| Fresnillo PLC | 590.2 | -1.1% |
| Endeavour Mining PLC | 1,781.0 | -1.0% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,723 | 0.0% | 2.8% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 37,710 | 0.1% | 13.5% |
| DAX INDEX | 16,702 | -0.2% | 18.7% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 33,464 | -0.2% | 28.3% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,591 | -0.3% | 8.1% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 72.05 | 0.39% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 77.56 | 0.53% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,074 | 0.4% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 393 | 0.2% |
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The UK 100 called to open +6 points at 7,728. It looks set to be a quiet start to the final trading day of 2023, with the blue chip UK 100 expected to open broadly unchanged. On Wall Street yesterday, the Dow Jones edged up 0.1% and the S&P 500 closed marginally higher, while the Nasdaq Composite ended in negative territory.
The London Stock Exchange is open for a half-day on Friday, closing at 1230 GMT.
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 28th December 2023:
Auto Trader Group
Experian
F&C Investment Trust
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 28th December 2023:
Big Yellow Group
Dr. Martens
Workspace Group
Murray International Trust
QinetiQ Group
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