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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Pearson PLC | 1,118.0 | 4.3% |
| Fresnillo PLC | 778.5 | 3.4% |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 713.7 | 3.1% |
| Rentokil Initial PLC | 386.9 | 1.7% |
| Standard Chartered PLC | 876.4 | 1.2% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Airtel Africa PLC | 101.7 | -7.2% |
| BP PLC | 379.3 | -5.0% |
| Jd Sports Fashion PLC | 128.1 | -3.7% |
| Imperial Brands PLC | 2243.0 | -3.2% |
| Melrose Industries PLC | 472.3 | -2.9% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,220 | -0.8% | 12.2% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 42,233 | -0.4% | 28.3% |
| DAX INDEX | 19,478 | -0.3% | 32.4% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 39,277 | 1.0% | 28.0% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,180 | -0.8% | 20.8% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 67.71 | 0.74% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 71.57 | 0.63% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,785 | 0.4% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 437 | 0.2% |
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The UK 100 called to open -32 points at 8,187. The UK 100 looks set to open lower again today, ahead of today’s UK Autumn Statement. This follows a fall yesterday for the UK’s blue chip index.
Stateside yesterday saw the Nasdaq advance 0.78% to a record close of 18,712.75. The S&P added 0.16% to end at 5,832.92. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones underperformed, falling 154.52 points, or 0.36%, to close at 42,233.05.
US futures were higher overnight as earnings season continues, Google’s parent company Alphabet reported after hours, exceeding analysts expectations. Meta and Microsoft are both scheduled to report today.
Aston Martin Lagonda reported a 14% year-over-year increase in Q3 2024 volumes, driven by the ramp-up of new models like the Vantage and DBX707, despite a 4% dip in year-to-date revenue due to portfolio transitions. The company is on track to meet its revised full-year guidance, leveraging strong demand for specialty models and vehicle personalization, which boosted average selling prices by 14% to £250k.
Glencore’s third-quarter production report reveals notable sequential improvements in key commodities, including a 13% increase in African copper and a 27% rise in Australian energy coal. Despite a drop in cobalt and nickel production compared to last year, the company’s full-year production guidance remains unchanged, with marketing adjusted EBIT expected to reach the higher end of the $3.0-$3.5 billion range.
GSK lowered its 2024 vaccine sales forecast for the second time this year on Wednesday, hit by weak demand for its respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and shingles vaccines. The British drugmaker expects 2024 vaccine sales to decrease by low-single digit percentage in turnover. It previously expected the business to grow by a low to mid-single digit percentage.
Next said on Wednesday it expected its annual profit to exceed 1 billion pounds ($1.3 billion) as it raised its outlook for the third time in four months. The group said the upgrade reflected a better-than-expected 7.6% rise in third quarter full price sales, driven by the early arrival of colder weather this year, versus an unusually warm September and early October last year.
Standard Chartered announced adjusted pretax profit rose by 37% to $1.8 billion in the quarter, beating the $1.5 billion Bloomberg-compiled analyst estimate. Standard Chartered also pledged to return at least $8 billion to investors by 2026.
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UK
Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings
GSK
Glencore
Next
Standard Chartered
US
AbbvVie
Amgen
Automatic Data Processing
Caterpillar Inc
Eli Lilly and Co
Etsy
Fiverr International
The Kraft Heinz Co
Booking Holdings
Coinbase Global
Lemonade
Meta Platforms
Microsoft Corp
MicroStrategy
Riot Platforms
Starbucks Corp
Teladoc Health
UK
Coca-Cola HBC
Haleon
PPHE Hotel Group
Safestore Holdings
Shell
Smith & Nephew
Spectris
US
Ball Corp
Bristol-Myers Squibb
The Estee Lauder Companies
Mastercard
Merck & Co
Takeda Pharmaceutical
Uber Technologies
Willis Towers Watson
Amazon.com
Apple Inc
Intel Corp
German Unemployment Change
German Unemployment Rate
German Gross Domestic Product
EU Business Climate
EU Consumer Confidence
EU Economic Sentiment Indicator
EU Gross Domestic Product
US ADP Employment Change
US Gross Domestic Product
US Personal Consumption Expenditures Prices
UK Autumn Forecast Statement
German Consumer Price Index
German Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices
US Pending Home Sales
Japanese Retail Trade
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 31st October 2024:
Whitbread
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 31st October 2024:
Balfour Beatty
Hilton Food Group
Dunelm Group
Renishaw
PZ Cussons
European Smaller Companies Trust
Tritax Big Box REIT
Edinburgh Investment Trust
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund
Bloomsbury Publishing
GCP Infrastructure Investments
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