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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 583.8 | 2.0% |
| 3I Group PLC | 3,697.0 | 1.4% |
| Halma PLC | 2,771.0 | 1.4% |
| London Stock Exchange Group PLC | 11,515.0 | 1.1% |
| International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. | 296.4 | 1.1% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Entain PLC | 763.8 | -6.3% |
| Centrica PLC | 126.4 | -3.7% |
| Convatec Group PLC | 227.6 | -3.1% |
| Endeavour Mining PLC | 1459.0 | -3.1% |
| BP PLC | 385.1 | -2.7% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,262 | -0.5% | 9.1% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 43,717 | -0.3% | 17.2% |
| DAX INDEX | 20,314 | -0.5% | 21.3% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 39,365 | -0.2% | 19.4% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,314 | 0.8% | 11.7% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 70.82 | 0.16% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 74.08 | 0.23% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,655 | 0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 417 | -0.4% |
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The UK 100 called to open -40 points at 8,222. The UK 100 looks set to open lower this morning, after this mornings ILO Unemployment read stayed unchanged at 4.3% in the three months to October, the reading matched the market estimate of 4.3% in the reported period.
Additional details of the report showed that the number of people claiming jobless benefits climbed by only 0.3K in November, compared with a decrease of 10.9K in October, beating the expected 28.2K figure.
In Asia this morning, markets in Tokyo, Shanghai, Sydney, Wellington and Taipei all rose, but Hong Kong, Singapore, Seoul, Manila and Jakarta ticked lower.
The Nasdaq rose to a record, aided by a rally in tech, as investors awaited tomorrow’s Federal Reserve’s policy meeting. The tech-heavy index gained 1.24% to 20,173.89, while the S&P added 0.38%, closing at 6,074.08. The Dow Jones underperformed, losing 110.58 points, or 0.25%, to end at 43,717.48. The 30-stock Dow fell for an eighth day, marking its longest run of losses since 2018.
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Bunzl on Tuesday forecast a slight impact on its annual profit, driven by stickier-than-anticipated deflation, especially in its Continental Europe division. However, the business supplies distributor still expects group adjusted operating profit in 2024 to be higher in comparison with 2023 at constant exchange rates.
Chemring this morning delivered full Year revenue of £510.4m beating estimates of £502.6m. Said they had delivered on expectations despite operational headwinds. Increased global uncertainty & competition have resulted in order book being at its highest level in history, £1.04bn at period end.
London Stock Exchange Upgraded Buy from Neutral by UBS (12 Buy/ 5 Hols/ 1 Sell)
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Bunzl
Chemring Group
Hollywood Bowl Group
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IntegraFin Holdings
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Micron Technology
UK Average Earnings Excluding Bonus
UK Claimant Count Change
UK Employment Change
UK ILO Unemployment Rate
German IFO – Business Climate
German IFO – Current Assessment
German IFO – Expectations
German ZEW Survey – Current Situation
German ZEW Survey – Economic Sentiment
ECB’s Elderson speech
EU EW Survey – Economic Sentiment
US Retail Sales
US Retail Sales Control Group
US Industrial Production
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 19th December 2024:
British American Tobacco
Halma
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 19th December 2024:
MITIE Group
JPMorgan European Discovery Trust
Templeton Emerging Markets IT
Mercantile Investment Trust
Law Debenture Corporation
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