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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Admiral Group PLC | 2,757.0 | 2.2% |
| Persimmon PLC | 1,610.0 | 2.1% |
| Sainsbury (J) PLC | 274.2 | 1.7% |
| Severn Trent PLC | 2,556.0 | 1.7% |
| United Utilities Group PLC | 1,005.0 | 1.6% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Antofagasta PLC | 1838.5 | -2.2% |
| Marks And Spencer Group PLC | 317.5 | -1.8% |
| Glencore PLC | 405.4 | -1.2% |
| Pershing Square Holdings LTD | 3500.0 | -1.0% |
| Vodafone Group PLC | 73.7 | -0.9% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,235 | 0.3% | 9.7% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 39,766 | 1.0% | 12.6% |
| DAX INDEX | 17,812 | 0.5% | 12.0% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 36,442 | 0.6% | 13.7% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,851 | 0.3% | 7.9% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 78.88 | 0.68% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 81.19 | 0.62% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,465 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 408 | -0.1% |
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The UK 100 called to open +50 points at 8,285. The UK 100 looks set to open higher this morning, despite inflation rising for the first time since December, and in doing so rise above the 2% target, the rise fell short of analysts expected 0.3% increase, rather increasing by just 0.2%, the office for national statistics (ONS) said that “the impact of falling energy prices fading” being th main reason for the rise.
Stocks rallied Tuesday, moving closer to last month’s record levels following the first of two key U.S. inflation reports this week. The Dow Jones ended the day up 408 points, or 1.04%, at 39,765.64. The Nasdaq jumped 2.43% to close at 17,187.61, while the S&P 500 added 1.68% to 5,434.43. The broad market index is now roughly less than 5% from its record high from July. The producer price index — a measure of wholesale prices — increased 0.1% last month in the US. Economists expected the reading to show a monthly gain of 0.2% in July, in line with the previous month’s reading, according to Dow Jones consensus estimates.
In Asia this morning the MSCI Asia Pacific Index climbed for a fourth session, with shares in New Zealand and Taiwan jumping around 1%. Japanese stocks fluctuated as the yen strengthened.
AstraZeneca says Lynparza and Imfinzi combination has been approved in the EU for form of cancer.
Aviva posted a better than expected 14% rise in H1 operating profit to £875m, helped by a rise in general insurance premiums in Britain and Ireland. This was ahead of average analyst estimates of £830m. They raised their H1 2024 interim dividend by 7% to 11.9p per share.
Balfour Beatty report a H1 pretax profit of £112m, up from £82m YoY. They also raised their interim dividend by 9% to 3.8p per share.
Flutter raised their FY guidance after a much better than expected Q2 and said they have no plans “at this stage” to follow rival Draftkings in adding a surcharge to customers’ winnings in high-tax US states.
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