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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Entain PLC | 673.2 | 5.3% |
| Melrose Industries PLC | 472.1 | 4.2% |
| Diploma PLC | 4,424.0 | 2.9% |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 475.6 | 2.8% |
| Croda International PLC | 3,972.0 | 2.7% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Burberry Group PLC | 575.0 | -4.9% |
| Berkeley Group Holdings (The) PLC | 4951.0 | -3.7% |
| Pearson PLC | 1058.5 | -1.4% |
| Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC | 4486.0 | -1.2% |
| Associated British Foods PLC | 2180.0 | -1.1% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,271 | 1.1% | 10.6% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 40,830 | 1.2% | 18.1% |
| DAX INDEX | 18,444 | 0.8% | 17.1% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 36,216 | -0.5% | 11.1% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,988 | -0.3% | 11.6% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 68.80 | 1.67% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 71.94 | 1.24% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,506 | 0.4% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 414 | 1.7% |
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The UK 100 called to open -43 points at 8,227. The UK 100 looks set to open lower this morning returning some of yesterday’s gains after global markets rebounded yesterday from Fridays fall.
Data out this morning shows that the unemployment rate fell to 4.1% in July from 4.2% in June, coming in, inline with market expectations.
In employment change terms, 265,000 new jobs were added in July, far exceeding the 115,000 new jobs forecast.
The Dow Jones surged 484.18 points, or 1.2%, to close at 40,829.59. The rebound comes after the 30-stock index lost more than 1,200 points last week. The S&P gained 1.16%, ending at 5,471.05, after posting its worst week since March 2023. The benchmark also broke a four-day losing streak. The Nasdaq jumped 1.16% to end at 16,884.60, following its worst week in more than two years.
Markets were mixed in Asia this morning as traders awaited US inflation data due this week for clues on the size of the Federal Reserve’s coming interest-rate cut.
AngloGold Ashanti and Centamin have announced that they have agreed the terms of a recommended acquisition of Centamin.
Serica Energy, reported a decline in profit for the first half of 2024 due to a $106 million tax charge. The company’s profit after tax dropped to $82.5 million for the six-month period ending June 30, compared to $98.5 million the previous year.
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 12th September 2024:
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UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 12th September 2024:
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