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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Easyjet PLC | 436.7 | 3.2% |
| Beazley PLC | 723.0 | 2.5% |
| Jd Sports Fashion PLC | 125.5 | 2.3% |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC | 2,038.0 | 2.3% |
| United Utilities Group PLC | 990.0 | 2.3% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Spirax Group PLC | 7660.0 | -3.0% |
| Burberry Group PLC | 684.4 | -2.3% |
| Pershing Square Holdings LTD | 3562.0 | -1.7% |
| Endeavour Mining PLC | 1538.0 | -1.6% |
| Centrica PLC | 123.3 | -1.4% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,168 | 0.3% | 8.6% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 39,498 | 0.1% | 12.0% |
| DAX INDEX | 17,723 | 0.2% | 11.9% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 35,025 | 0.6% | 7.9% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,814 | 0.5% | 6.5% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 77.24 | 0.52% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 79.93 | 0.34% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,436 | 0.2% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 401 | 0.4% |
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The UK 100 called to open +30 points at 8,198. The UK 100 looks set to get the week off to a positive start, the UK’s blue chip index will look to build on a strong finish to last week after global markets were hit by weaker US jobs data earlier in the month.
Asian markets largely climbed overnight, including India’s Nifty 50 by 0.25%, while Japan’s Nikkei 225 enjoyed a 0.6% gain.
Stocks ticked up on Wall Street on Friday as the stock market built on its incredible comeback from Monday’s violent rout. The broad market index ended the week just shy of completely reversing its weekly losses. The S&P advanced 0.47% to finish at 5,344.16. The Nasdaq added 0.51% to close at 16,745.30. The Dow Jones inched up 51 points, or 0.13%, to end at 39,497.4.
BT Group has announced India’s Bharti Global has taken a stake in the FTSE 100 telecoms firm. Altice UK, BT’s top shareholder, will sell a 24.5% stake to Bharti under the agreement, with 9.99% being transferred initially
Marshalls reported a 13% decline in revenue to £306.7m and a 19% drop in adjusted operating profit to £34m for its first half on Monday. The FTSE 250 company said that, despite challenging market conditions, it partially mitigated the impact through management actions and diversification, while maintaining an interim dividend of 2.6p. Its board said it was confident that the full-year results would align with previous expectations.
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 15th August 2024:
Rio Tinto
Entain
Anglo American
Hikma Pharmaceuticals
Barclays
HSBC Holdings
GSK
Shell
Haleon
London Stock Exchange Group
Pershing Square Holdings
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 15th August 2024:
Chemring Group
ICG Enterprise Trust
Greencoat UK Wind
Murray Income Trust
Elementis
abrdn
Rotork
Target Healthcare REIT
Keller Group
Domino’s Pizza Group
Renewables Infrastructure Group
Hiscox
4imprint Group
Impax Environmental Markets
Balanced Commercial Property Trust
Lancashire Holdings
Tritax EuroBox GBP
NextEnergy Solar Fund
Harbour Energy
TI Fluid Systems
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