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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Endeavour Mining PLC | 1,651.0 | 1.2% |
| Easyjet PLC | 437.8 | 1.1% |
| International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. | 173.5 | 0.8% |
| Fresnillo PLC | 548.5 | 0.6% |
| Taylor Wimpey PLC | 164.8 | 0.6% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| BT Group PLC | 135.5 | -7.0% |
| Shell PLC | 2737.5 | -2.7% |
| JD Sports Fashion PLC | 125.5 | -2.6% |
| Frasers Group PLC | 841.0 | -2.6% |
| BP PLC | 431.1 | -2.5% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,273 | -1.0% | 14.0% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 40,835 | -0.2% | 18.5% |
| DAX INDEX | 18,358 | -0.4% | 17.7% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 37,952 | -0.3% | 20.1% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,011 | 0.2% | 12.6% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 74.04 | -0.44% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 77.08 | -0.16% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,514 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 421 | 0.1% |
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The UK 100 called to open +2 points at 8,275. The UK 100 looks set to open modestly higher, this morning, the Office of National Statistics has released its monthly report on public sector finances, showing borrowing last month was almost £2 billion higher than a year ago, this follows slight pullbacks in both the US yesterday and Asia this morning
Stocks ticked lower on Tuesday, ending a winning streak as investors failed to build on the market’s recent recovery rally. The Dow Jones slid 61.56 points, or 0.15%, to 40,834.97. The S&P slid 0.2% to 5,597.12, while the Nasdaq shed 0.33% to 17,816.94.
In Asia this morning shares experienced a dip as the global rebound in stocks took breath. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng traded 1% lower, influenced by JD.com’s 10% slump after Walmart decided to sell its large stake. Japan’s Nikkei initially fell 1%, struggling near the 38,000 level, but recovered slightly to a 0.3% loss heading to the close.
Barclays completed a buy back of 5.8m shares at average price of 226.84p on Tuesday.
Britain’s competition regulator said on Wednesday it has “reasonable grounds to believe” that homebuilders Barratt and Redrow would complete their merger following a court approval of the scheme.
Vodafone completed a buy back of 20.5m shares at average price of 73.89p on Tuesday.
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 22nd August 2024:
Legal & General Group
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Land Securities Group
Mondi
Imperial Brands
ConvaTec Group
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 22nd August 2024:
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Tritax Big Box REIT
Ibstock
Just Group
Witan Investment Trust
Temple Bar Investment Trust
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