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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Endeavour Mining PLC | 1,745.0 | 2.6% |
| Smith (Ds) PLC | 468.0 | 2.5% |
| Vistry Group PLC | 923.0 | 2.4% |
| Mondi PLC | 1,467.5 | 2.3% |
| Taylor Wimpey PLC | 155.3 | 2.2% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Sainsbury (J) PLC | 271.0 | -5.9% |
| Prudential PLC | 676.4 | -1.7% |
| GSK PLC | 1480.0 | -1.7% |
| Melrose Industries PLC | 428.6 | -1.5% |
| Vodafone Group PLC | 73.8 | -1.2% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,254 | 0.2% | 8.6% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 42,864 | 1.0% | 27.3% |
| DAX INDEX | 19,374 | 0.9% | 27.6% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 39,606 | 0.6% | 22.6% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,253 | 0.5% | 17.0% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 74.53 | -1.36% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 78.00 | -1.32% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,666 | 0.3% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 446 | -0.8% |
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The UK 100 called to open -18 points at 8,235. The UK 100 looks set to open slightly lower this morning.
Chinese shares erased a drop to advance in volatile trading as investors weighed the impact of measures announced by the Finance Ministry to revive growth.
On Wall Street on Friday the S&P and Dow Jones both hit new highs on Friday and capped off a winning week as banking reporting season started with a bang. The S&P gained 0.61% to end at 5,815.03, while the Dow rallied 409.74 points, or 0.97%, to finish at 42,863.86. The Nasdaq added 0.33% to finish at 18,342.94 and less than 2% below its all-time high.
Emerging markets-focused Ashmore saw assets surge over the last three months, turning around a years-long trend of poor performance for the asset manager. Assets under management at the fund house increased by $2.5bn (£1.9bn) over the quarter to 30 September thanks to $3.2bn (£2.4bn) of positive investment performance, with investors only withdrawing $700m (£535m) during the period.
easyJet on Monday said it has appointed Jan De Raeymaeker as its chief financial officer with effect from Jan. 20, replacing Kenton Jarvis, who will take over as the British budget airline’s CEO.
The owner of the Mulberry fashion brand has rejected an increased £111m bid from Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group to buy the British luxury handbag maker, saying it has “no interest” in selling its shares.
Bunzl upgraded by JP Morgan to Overweight from Neutral (5 Buy/ 7 Hold/ 4 Sell)
Spirax downgraded by Peel Hunt to Buy from Hold (3 Buy/ 11 Hold/ 3 Sell)
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Ashmore
Chemring Group
PageGroup
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IntegraFin Holdings
QinetiQ Group
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Bank of America Corp
Citigroup Inc
Goldman Sachs
Johnson & Johnson
UnitedHealth Group
Chinese Consumer Price Index
Chinese Producer Price Index
Chinese Imports
Chinese Exports
Chinese Trade Balance
BoE’s Dhingra speech
Fed’s Waller speech
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 17th October 2024:
Howden Joinery Group
Persimmon
Spirax Group
Smiths Group
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 17th October 2024:
ITV
Coats Group
Senior
Hays
TwentyFour Income Fund
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