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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Burberry Group PLC | 2,261.0 | 3.0% |
| Croda International PLC | 5,632.0 | 2.6% |
| Rightmove PLC | 590.6 | 2.4% |
| Prudential PLC | 1,039.0 | 2.3% |
| Flutter Entertainment PLC | 14,725.0 | 2.3% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Rio Tinto PLC | 4,787.2 | -3.4% |
| Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC | 10,495.0 | -3.1% |
| Fresnillo PLC | 536.6 | -2.3% |
| Natwest Group PLC | 235.3 | -1.3% |
| Smurfit Kappa Group PLC | 3,160.0 | -1.2% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,611 | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 35,349 | 0.6% | 6.1% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,994 | 0.9% | 16.1% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 32,474 | 0.8% | 16.7% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,357 | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 83.47 | -1.10% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 86.84 | -0.81% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,914 | -0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 377 | -0.3% |
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The UK 100 called to open -38 points at 7,580. The UK 100 is set to open lower after US markets closed well below earlier highs while the UK economy posted modest growth in the second quarter of 2023. Data from the Office for National Statistics showed the UK economy grew by 0.2% between April and June, compared to zero growth in the previous quarter which was also what City commentators were expecting. Gross domestic product rose 0.5% in June after an unrevised fall of 0.1% in May 2023 and growth of 0.2% in April 2023. In the US, hawkish comments from San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary Daly dragged to US stocks closing off early strong gains, Daly was speaking after better than expected US inflation figures but while accepting the news was good, inflation is still too high, leaving the central bank with “more work to do”.
Emis: The UK Competition and Markets Authority provisionally clears UnitedHealth’s purchase of Emis.
Murray International Trust reports a NAV per share on June 30th of 257.9p, down from 258.7p on Dec 31st.
Rio Tinto and Simfer JV reach agreement on trans-Guinean infrastructure for Simandou.
Deutsche Bank Downgrades Domino’s Pizza to Hold from Buy (3 Buys / 4 Holds / 0 Sells)
RBC Downgrades CVS Group to ‘Sector Perform’ from Outperform (6 Buys / 2 Holds / 0 Sells)
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 17th August 2023:
abrdn
Anglo American
Schroders
Berkeley Group Holdings
Imperial Brands
GSK
Hiscox
Entain
ConvaTec Group
London Stock Exchange Group
Pershing Square Holdings
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 17th August 2023:
Investec
Bridgepoint Group
Tritax EuroBox GBP
Bluefield Solar Income Fund
Keller Group
UK Commercial Property REIT
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust
Murray Income Trust
4imprint Group
Rotork
Chemring Group
ICG Enterprise Trust
Lancashire Holdings
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