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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Admiral Group PLC | 3,022.0 | 7.5% |
| Standard Chartered PLC | 758.0 | 3.3% |
| Pershing Square Holdings LTD | 3,646.0 | 3.2% |
| Intermediate Capital Group PLC | 2,126.6 | 2.8% |
| Barclays PLC | 227.7 | 2.7% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Rio Tinto PLC | 4753.0 | -2.1% |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC | 2060.0 | -1.3% |
| Airtel Africa PLC | 111.0 | -1.0% |
| Barratt Developments PLC | 544.9 | -0.8% |
| Bt Group PLC | 145.6 | -0.7% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,344 | 0.8% | 13.1% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 40,458 | 1.1% | 15.5% |
| DAX INDEX | 18,179 | 1.6% | 15.3% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 36,727 | 0.8% | 15.6% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,866 | 0.2% | 9.3% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 78.26 | 1.66% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 81.12 | 1.71% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,456 | 0.4% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 418 | 2.6% |
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The UK 100 called to open +2 points at 8,349. The UK 100 looks set to open marginally higher this morning, having continued to gain momentum during a strong showing yesterday. Retail sales volumes climbed as expected by 0.5% in July, following a 0.9% drop a month earlier, the Office for National Statistics reported on Friday.
Stocks rallied on Thursday as investors regained confidence in the economy following encouraging consumer and labour data that helped ease recession worries. The Dow Jones gained 554 points, or 1.39%, to end the day at 40,563.06. The S&P closed 1.61% higher at 5,543.22, for its sixth straight gain. The broad market index has advanced roughly 8% from its intraday bottom on Aug. 5. The tech heavy Nasdaq jumped 2.34% to 17,594.50.
Almost all major stock benchmarks gained in Asia, with a regional gauge on track for its best weekly performance in more than a year. Japanese shares were among the top performers as a weak yen boosted exporters’ earnings.
AstraZeneca says Imfinzi has been approved in the US for resectable lung cancer.
GSK have welcomed a court ruling in Florida state that found in the drug makers favour regarding its Zantac case.
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Bank of Georgia Group*
Pershing Square Holdings*
Temple Bar Investment Trust*
US
None
UK
None
US
The Estee Lauder Companies
Palo Alto Networks
UK Retail Sales
Fed’s Goolsbee speech
US Building Permits
US Housing Starts
Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index
UoM 5-year Consumer Inflation Expectation
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 22nd August 2024:
Legal & General Group
Schroders
Land Securities Group
Mondi
Imperial Brands
ConvaTec Group
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 22nd August 2024:
Investec
International Distribution Services
XPS Pensions Group
Personal Assets Trust
Hammerson
Babcock International Group
St. James’s Place
Shaftesbury Capital
Tritax Big Box REIT
Ibstock
Just Group
Witan Investment Trust
Temple Bar Investment Trust
OSB Group
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