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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Convatec Group PLC | 264.4 | 22.1% |
| Dcc PLC | 5,670.0 | 14.2% |
| Rightmove PLC | 607.6 | 2.6% |
| Smith & Nephew PLC | 956.2 | 2.0% |
| Centrica PLC | 118.0 | 1.1% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Vodafone Group PLC | 67.0 | -8.2% |
| Fresnillo PLC | 623.0 | -7.8% |
| Vistry Group PLC | 713.5 | -5.6% |
| Prudential PLC | 608.0 | -5.2% |
| Anglo American PLC | 2220.0 | -4.6% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,026 | -1.2% | 8.1% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 43,911 | -0.9% | 27.9% |
| DAX INDEX | 19,034 | -2.1% | 24.0% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 38,743 | -1.6% | 19.5% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,193 | -0.8% | 17.9% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 68.30 | 0.26% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 72.11 | 0.31% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,605 | 0.3% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 413 | -0.1% |
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The UK 100 called to open +15 points at 8,040. The UK 100 looks set to open marginally higher this morning, this follows a tough day for the UK’s blue chip index.
On Wall Street yesterday shares took a step back as the major indices took a breather from their postelection run. The Dow Jones pulled back 382.15 points, or 0.86%, to 43,910.98, while the S&P dropped 0.29% to close at 5,983.99. The Nasdaq ended the session marginally lower, falling 0.09% to 19,281.40. Both the tech-heavy Nasdaq and the S&P ended five-day win streaks.
Investors will be looking toward todays October’s CPI numbers. The forecast is that CPI will have increased 0.2% for the month, which would put the 12-month rate at 2.6%. The pace of price increases is also one of the key components to informing the Federal Reserve’s decision to cut or maintain interest rates.
Babcock reported a sharp jump in half-year profits and held annual guidance as geopolitical tensions increased demands from governments for military hardware. posted pre-tax profit of £172m in the six months to September 30, up from £136m a year earlier. Babcock said around 90% of full-year expected revenue was under contract at the start of October.
Experian posted revenues of £2.8bn for the six months to the end of September, while operating profit rose by 10% to £691m. All regions contributed positively in H1. Organic revenue growth was 7% in North America, 7% in Latin America, 2% in the UK and Ireland, and 7% in EMEA and Asia Pacific. The company also raised it’s full-year forecast after successful six months.
Smiths Group on Wednesday upgraded its annual organic revenue growth outlook after the engineering firm posted a 15.8% rise in first-quarter revenue. The company now expects full-year organic revenue growth of 5%-7%, up from the original 4%-6% guidance.
SSE on Wednesday reported a 26.4% jump in half-year profit, buoyed by strength in its electricty networks and renewables businesses. The company also said its CEO of more than 11 years, Alistair Phillips-Davies, will retire in 2025 and will remain in the role until a successor is appointed.
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Babcock International Group
Experian
Intermediate Capital Group
SSE
Smiths Group
US
Cisco Systems
UK
Aviva
B&M European Value Retail
Burberry Group
FirstGroup
Great Portland Estates
Keller Group
Kier Group
Premier Foods
QinetiQ Group
Spirax Group
Syncona
United Utilities Group
WH Smith
US
JD.com
The Walt Disney Co
Applied Materials
EU Industrial Production
BoE Monetary Policy Report Hearings
US Consumer Price Index
US Monthly Budget Statement
Fed’s Musalem speech
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 14th November 2024:
Pershing Square Holdings
Bunzl
GSK
Shell
Sainsbury (J)
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 14th November 2024:
ICG Enterprise Trust
Fidelity Emerging Markets
Schroder Oriental Income Fund
Greencoat UK Wind
Baillie Gifford Japan Trust
C&C Group
Target Healthcare REIT
Lancashire Holdings
Murray Income Trust
Scottish American Investment Company
PRS REIT
NextEnergy Solar Fund
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