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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Spirax Group PLC | 7,700.0 | 3.9% |
| Whitbread PLC | 2,937.0 | 3.7% |
| Bunzl PLC | 3,556.0 | 2.7% |
| Pershing Square Holdings LTD | 3,748.0 | 2.6% |
| Convatec Group PLC | 238.4 | 2.6% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Londonmetric Property PLC | 198.9 | -3.5% |
| Segro PLC | 860.2 | -1.9% |
| Unite Group PLC | 945.0 | -1.9% |
| Land Securities Group PLC | 617.0 | -1.4% |
| Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC | 4339.0 | -1.4% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,380 | 0.4% | 12.1% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 41,335 | 0.6% | 18.5% |
| DAX INDEX | 18,913 | 0.7% | 19.0% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 38,648 | 0.7% | 19.5% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,092 | 0.6% | 10.9% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 76.17 | 0.34% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 80.32 | 0.48% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,522 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 424 | 0.4% |
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The UK 100 called to open +32 points at 8,411. The UK 100 looks set to open above 8400 today following on from yesterdays gains.
The Dow Jones climbed to a record Thursday, as Wall Street tried to resume its comeback from a steep sell-off earlier this month. The 30-stock index rose 243.63 points, or 0.59%, for a fresh record close of 41,335.05. Gains in Goldman Sachs, Intel and Visa helped lift the blue-chip average to a new high. The S&P ended the session just below the flatline at 5,591.96. The Nasdaq slid 0.23% to end at 17,516.43.
Asian markets mostly rose this morning, buoyed by positive economic data and optimism about tech companies. Japan’s Nikkei 225 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng led gains.
Barclays PLC announced that it has purchased for cancellation of 5,822,240 of its ordinary shares at an average price of 226.7169 pence each on the London Stock Exchange from Citigroup Global Markets Limited as part of its buy-back announced on 5 August 2024.
Royal Bank of Canada raises Bunzl to sector perform from underperform (5 Buy, 6 Hold, 6 Sell)
JPMorgan cuts Reckitt Benckiser to neutral from overweight (10 Buy, 6 Hold, 0 Sell)
Bernstein raises Whitbread to outperform from market-perform (14 Buy, 3 Hold, 1 Sell)
Jefferies raises Centrica to buy from hold (11 Buy, 4 Hold, 0 Sell)
Royal Bank of Canada raises Close Brothers to outperform from sector perform (4 Buy, 5 Hold, 0 Sell)
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 5th September 2024:
Smith (DS)
Croda International
International Cons Airlines Group
Aviva
Admiral Group
Antofagasta
Prudential
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on5th September 2024:
Greggs
Rathbones Group
International Workplace Group
Derwent London
JLEN Environmental Assets Group
Empiric Student Property
Ithaca Energy
BlackRock World Mining Trust
BBGI Global Infrastructure S.A.
Assura
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