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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| GSK PLC | 1,442.4 | 3.9% |
| Entain PLC | 1,168.5 | 3.4% |
| JD Sports Fashion PLC | 137.4 | 2.4% |
| Beazley PLC | 551.0 | 2.3% |
| Compass Group PLC | 2,038.0 | 1.9% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Melrose Industries PLC | 511.8 | -4.7% |
| Smurfit Kappa Group PLC | 3,001.0 | -3.1% |
| Convatec Group PLC | 225.4 | -2.3% |
| Smith (Ds) PLC | 289.5 | -1.5% |
| Mondi PLC | 1,288.0 | -1.5% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,468 | 0.4% | 2.6% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 34,598 | 0.3% | 8.9% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,727 | 0.1% | 21.7% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 32,607 | -1.2% | 16.2% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,157 | -0.2% | 4.5% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 87.59 | 0.83% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 90.77 | 0.95% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,923 | 0.2% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 372 | -1.1% |
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The UK 100 called to open +28 points at 7,505. UK 100 is set to open higher this morning as traders await key inflation data out of the UK & US this week (UK GDP & US CPI data) to determine interest rate policy moving forwards. Overnight in Asia, Hong Kong halved it losses to be down -0.66% as investors remained wary of China’s troubled property sector and Japan closed in the red -0.49%.
AstraZeneca says Imfinzi and Tagrisso combinations show good results for cancer treatment.
Barclays are drawing up plans to cut hundreds of jobs as the bank looks to trim its costs while embarking on a wider strategy review.
Burford Capital provides an update on proceedings in New York court re YPF litigation and suggests that final judgement against Argentina of $16bn. Burford says it’s “a complete win against Argentina” with damages at high end of range.
Restaurant Group have agreed to sell its loss making leisure business to Café Rouge owner Big Table Group. Restaurant Group will pay £7.5m to Big Table as part of the deal.
Vistry Group have said they will merge their affordable housing ‘Partnerships’ business with its house building operations, as they retained their annual profit forecast buoyed by resilient demand in the cheap homes segment. They reported an adjusted H1 pretax profit of £174m, compared With £189.9m a year earlier.
Exane BNP Upgrades Prudential to Neutral from Underperform (11 Buys / 0 Holds / 0 Sells)
RBC Downgrades Melrose Industries to ‘Sector Perform’ from Outperform (6 Buys / 0 Holds / 0 Sells)
UK
Vistry Group
US
Oracle
UK
Associated British Foods
Digital 9 Infastructure
Dowlais Group
JTC
US
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Chinese Foreign Direct Investment
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 14th September 2023:
Unite Group
Intertek Group
Melrose Industries
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 14th September 2023:
Apax Global Alpha
International Public Partnerships
Bakkavor Group
Energean
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust
LXi REIT
Balanced Commercial Property Trust
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