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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Rentokil Initial PLC | 371.0 | 8.8% |
| Melrose Industries PLC | 448.8 | 4.0% |
| Informa PLC | 841.0 | 3.9% |
| Anglo American PLC | 2,337.5 | 3.4% |
| Barclays PLC | 245.1 | 3.4% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Mondi PLC | 1286.5 | -7.5% |
| United Utilities Group PLC | 1085.5 | -1.9% |
| Rio Tinto PLC | 4946.0 | -1.9% |
| Persimmon PLC | 1688.5 | -1.8% |
| Smiths Group PLC | 1626.0 | -1.8% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,385 | 0.7% | 10.5% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 43,239 | 0.4% | 28.4% |
| DAX INDEX | 19,583 | 0.8% | 29.7% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 38,992 | 0.2% | 21.7% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,283 | -0.9% | 17.0% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 71.04 | 0.52% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 74.75 | 0.40% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,708 | 0.6% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 439 | 1.6% |
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The UK 100 called to open -40 points at 8,345. The UK 100 looks set to open lower this morning following a strong showing yesterday for the blue-chip index, the expected pull back comes despite retail figures out this morning showing a robust end to the summer after official figures recorded sales volumes growth of 0.3% in September. This compares with expectations for a fall of 0.3%, having jumped by 1% the previous month. The year-on-year growth figure for September came in at 3.9%, up from 2.3% reported the previous month.
On Wall Street yesterday, The Dow Jones rose 161 points, or 0.37%, to 43,239.05, The Nasdaq inched higher on Thursday after getting a boost from semiconductor names, and ultimately added 0.04% to 18,373.61. The S&P closed down 0.02% to 5,841.47.
Asian markets saw a mixed performance overnight on news Chinese economic growth slowed to 4.6% over the third quarter. Though this was slightly better than analysts had been forecasting, it marked the slowest rate seen since early 2023
Boohoo said its CEO John Lyttle would step down as the group announced a review of strategic options for its various divisions to maximise shareholder value. The group also said on Friday it has agreed a new 222 million pounds ($290 million) debt facility and reported a 7% fall in first half sales by gross merchandise value.
Evoke said its turnaround strategy was working today as it posted its first quarter of revenue growth since the start of 2022. In a trading update on its third quarter, the gambling firm said it had notched revenue of £417m over the period despite a 13 per cent slide in its gambling unit, as customer friendly results in UK football dented revenues by around £10m.
Compass Group downgraded by Deutsche Bank to Hold from Buy (11 Buy / 8 Hold / 1 Sell)
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