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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 304.7 | 2.6% |
| Rightmove PLC | 594.6 | 2.2% |
| Convatec Group PLC | 232.3 | 1.8% |
| International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. | 158.6 | 1.6% |
| Legal & General Group PLC | 244.1 | 1.6% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Hargreaves Lansdown PLC | 718.2 | -6.1% |
| Anglo American PLC | 1,716.0 | -4.1% |
| Bt Group PLC | 126.3 | -3.9% |
| Fresnillo PLC | 564.0 | -2.1% |
| Vodafone Group PLC | 67.2 | -2.0% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,549 | 0.1% | 1.4% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 36,495 | 0.3% | 7.4% |
| DAX INDEX | 16,807 | 0.1% | 17.3% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 32,844 | 0.2% | 17.5% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,235 | 0.5% | 0.4% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 68.89 | -3.41% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 73.60 | -3.20% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,982 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 380 | 0.5% |
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The UK 100 called to open +20 points at 7,562. The UK 100 is expected to edge higher at the open ahead of a trio of interest rate decisions over the next two days. Data this morning showed, The UK economy shrank by more than expected in October as the UK continues to battle to avoid a recession. Over the three months to October, the ONS said GDP showed no growth compared with the three months to July 2023. In the US on Tuesday, markets climbed, with both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 up 0.5% and the Nasdaq Composite up 0.7%. Investors will be eyeing the interest rate decision from the US Federal Reserve after the London close and comments from the Fed Chair Jerome Powell regarding the future path of interest rates. The US central bank is widely expected to leave interest rates unchanged, as are the Bank of England and the European Central Bank tomorrow.
Antofagasta: Workers at their Centinela mine have agreed to extend talks to allow workers to vote on a new contract offer.
BAE Systems has won an $8.8bn contract to maintain and operate a US Army ammunition plant in Tennessee.
Entain’s CEO Jette Nygaard-Anderson has resigned with immediate effect.
HSBC Downgrades Anglo American to Hold (9 Buys / 4 Holds / 0 Sells)
JP Morgan Downgrades WPP to Neutral from Overweight (6 Buys / 6 Holds / 1 Sell)
JP Morgan places JD Sports on ‘Positive Catalyst Watch’ (6 Buys / 2 Holds / 0 Sells)
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Adobe Systems Inc
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Currys
IntegraFin Holdings
Sthree
Serco Group
Capita PLC
Bunzl PLC
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Jabil Circuit Inc
Costco Wholesale Corp
Lennar Corp
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 14th December 2023:
Smith (DS)
Associated British Foods
Burberry Group
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 14th December 2023:
Sirius Real Estate
Redde Northgate
TR Property Investment Trust
Tritax EuroBox GBP
MITIE Group
Balanced Commercial Property Trust
Cranswick
discoverIE Group
Baltic Classifieds Group
Personal Assets Trust
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