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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Mondi PLC | 1,460.0 | 4.0% |
| Centrica PLC | 120.2 | 3.3% |
| Marks And Spencer Group PLC | 382.9 | 3.0% |
| Ashtead Group PLC | 5,850.0 | 2.2% |
| Fresnillo PLC | 632.0 | 2.1% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Vistry Group PLC | 944.5 | -2.0% |
| Persimmon PLC | 1599.0 | -0.6% |
| Next PLC | 9864.0 | -0.4% |
| National Grid PLC | 990.2 | -0.2% |
| Smith (Ds) PLC | 459.0 | -0.1% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,244 | 0.7% | 8.1% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 42,512 | 1.0% | 26.0% |
| DAX INDEX | 19,255 | 1.0% | 24.8% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 39,381 | 0.3% | 24.0% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,223 | 0.4% | 16.8% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 73.80 | 0.76% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 77.13 | 0.72% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,616 | 0.3% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 442 | 0.4% |
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The UK 100 called to open +18 points at 8,261. The UK 100 looks set to continue the rise we saw yesterday afternoon, the UK’s bluechip index recovered 50 points from its session low by the close on Wednesday.
The S&P rallied 0.71% to end at 5,792.04 having hit a fresh all-time high during the session, while the Nasdaq added 0.6% to finish at 18,291.62. The 30-stock Dow surged 431.63 points, or 1.03%, to settle at 42,512.00 and at a record close.
Direct Line Insurance Group has announced that Jane Poole has joined DLG as Group Chief Financial Officer and has been appointed to the Board as an Executive Director with effect from today. Jane has also been appointed as a member of the Board’s Investment Committee.
GSK has agreed a $2.2 billion settlement to resolve about 80,000 or 93% of court cases involving heartburn drug Zantac.
Anglo American downgraded by JP Morgan to neutral from overweight (8 Buy/ 7 Hold/ 2 Sell)
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Volution Group
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Delta Air Lines
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Hays
Jupiter Fund Management
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BlackRock
JPMorgan Chase & Co
Wells Fargo & Co
ECB Monetary Policy Meeting Accounts
US Consumer Price Index
US Initial Jobless Claims
BoE Monetary Policy Report Hearings
Fed’s Cook speech
Fed’s Williams speech
US Monthly Budget Statement
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 10th October 2024:
Taylor Wimpey
WPP
Kingfisher
Tesco
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 10th October 2024:
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Merchants Trust
Bluefield Solar Income Fund
Supermarket Income REIT
Primary Health Properties
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