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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Intercontinental Hotels Group PLC | 10,025.0 | 1.4% |
| Standard Chartered PLC | 1,025.0 | 1.1% |
| International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. | 315.9 | 1.0% |
| Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC | 996.8 | 0.9% |
| Centrica PLC | 133.8 | 0.8% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Schroders PLC | 303.8 | -4.4% |
| Sainsbury (J) PLC | 252.0 | -4.3% |
| Diageo PLC | 2446.5 | -4.3% |
| Beazley PLC | 780.5 | -4.2% |
| Entain PLC | 624.2 | -3.8% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,248 | -0.9% | 8.2% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 41,938 | -1.6% | 11.6% |
| DAX INDEX | 20,215 | -0.5% | 21.0% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 39,190 | -1.1% | 10.2% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,192 | -1.2% | 9.3% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 77.81 | 1.62% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 80.97 | 1.52% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,686 | -0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 430 | -0.2% |
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The UK 100 called to open -16 points at 8,232. The UK 100 looks set to open lower this morning, having dropped Friday as Sterling remains under pressure, having dipped to a year low against the US Dollar of $1.2146.
Fridays Non Farm Payrolls figure of 256,000 dealt a further blow to chances of lower interest rates in the near term. The Dow Jones lost 696.75 points, or 1.63%, to close at 41,938.45. The S&P slid 1.54% to 5,827.04, while the Nasdaq fell 1.63% to 19,161.63. Friday’s losses pushed the major benchmarks into the red for 2025.
Page Group expects 2024 operating profit towards the lower end of the current market consensus range of £49 million to £58.5 million. Chief executive Nicholas Kirk said conditions remained challenging in the company’s fourth quarter, with most markets sequentially stable, Gross profit fell 17.2% to £196.7 million in the three months, with the largest division of Europe, Middle East and Africa down 19.1%. The UK division, which accounts for 12% of group business, fell 13.6% on a year earlier.
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 16th January 2025:
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UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 16th January 2025:
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