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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. | 234.5 | 7.2% |
| Endeavour Mining PLC | 1,669.0 | 4.3% |
| Intercontinental Hotels Group PLC | 9,258.0 | 2.8% |
| BT Group PLC | 140.0 | 2.2% |
| Pearson PLC | 1,204.0 | 1.9% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Vistry Group PLC | 738.0 | -15.5% |
| Antofagasta PLC | 1689.0 | -6.6% |
| Glencore PLC | 394.8 | -5.0% |
| Rio Tinto PLC | 4946.0 | -4.9% |
| Marks And Spencer Group PLC | 374.5 | -4.8% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,072 | -0.8% | 9.7% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 43,989 | 0.6% | 28.3% |
| DAX INDEX | 19,215 | -0.8% | 26.1% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 39,533 | 0.1% | 21.4% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,266 | -0.4% | 18.5% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 70.25 | -0.18% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 73.87 | 0.00% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,670 | -0.6% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 431 | 0.1% |
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The UK 100 called to open +40 points at 8,112. The UK 100 looks set to end the UK’s blue chip index’s 4 day loosing streak.
On Wall Street Friday, markets climbed to another round of records as the Dow and S&P 500 wrapped up their best week in a year after Donald Trump’s election win. The Dow Jones rose 259.65 points, or 0.59%, to close at 43,988.99. The blue chip average traded above 44,000 for the first time ever during the session. The S&P gained 0.38% to close at 5,995.54, after briefly trading above 6,000 for its own milestone. The tech-heavy Nasdaq lagged, up just 0.09% to 19,286.78, but set an intraday record high as well.
Asian markets were mixed overnight and into this morning, with the Hang Seng down 1.5% and the wider Asia Dow falling 1%, but the Shanghai Composite and India’s Sensex both around 0.4% higher.
Direct Line Insurance Group reported a robust 11.8% growth in gross written premiums for Q3 2024, driven by strong performance in both Motor and Non-Motor segments despite challenging trading conditions. The company is on track to achieve significant cost savings and has made strategic leadership hires to bolster its turnaround efforts.
NatWest bought back £1 billion of its shares from the UK government as the bailout stake bought at the height of the 2008 financial crisis continues to be wound down. The lender said it agreed to scoop up 262.6 million shares from HM Treasury in an off-market purchase at a price of 380.8p apiece, representing 3.16% of the total share capital.
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Direct Line Insurance Group
HgCapital Trust
Kainos Group
US
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UK
3i Infastructure
AstraZeneca
Bank Of Georgia Group*
ConvaTec Group
DCC
Oxford Instruments
Renewi
Vodafone Group
US
Shopify
Spotify Technology SA
The Home Depot
Marathon Digital
Occidental Petroleum
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 14th November 2024:
Pershing Square Holdings
Bunzl
GSK
Shell
Sainsbury (J)
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 14th November 2024:
ICG Enterprise Trust
Fidelity Emerging Markets
Schroder Oriental Income Fund
Greencoat UK Wind
Baillie Gifford Japan Trust
C&C Group
Target Healthcare REIT
Lancashire Holdings
Murray Income Trust
Scottish American Investment Company
PRS REIT
NextEnergy Solar Fund
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