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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Entain PLC | 661.8 | 6.0% |
| Intermediate Capital Group PLC | 2,060.0 | 1.7% |
| Associated British Foods PLC | 1,963.0 | 1.6% |
| Shell PLC | 2,667.0 | 1.6% |
| Centrica PLC | 135.9 | 1.6% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. | 302.8 | -4.2% |
| Fresnillo PLC | 642.5 | -3.8% |
| Rightmove PLC | 624.8 | -3.2% |
| Diageo PLC | 2373.5 | -3.0% |
| Persimmon PLC | 1048.0 | -2.7% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,224 | -0.3% | 7.9% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 42,078 | 0.3% | 12.0% |
| DAX INDEX | 20,133 | -0.4% | 20.5% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 39,190 | -1.1% | 10.2% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,192 | -1.2% | 9.3% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 78.96 | 3.12% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 81.27 | 1.89% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,661 | -1.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 433 | 0.5% |
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The UK 100 called to open +7 points at 8,231. The UK 100 looks set to open slightly higher this morning.
Stateside yesterday saw the Dow Jones climb Monday, outperforming the market, while the Nasdaq slipped as traders continued to sell off major tech stocks that have powered the bull market. The 30-stock Dow rose 358.67 points, or 0.86%, to close at 42,297.12 as investors rotated into non-tech shares like Caterpillar, JPMorganand UnitedHealth. Meanwhile, the tech-heavy Nasdaq dropped 0.38% to 19,088.10. The S&P inched up 0.16%, ending at 5,836.22. All three benchmarks are down for the last two weeks, with tech shares causing most of the damage.
JD Sports Fashion today trimmed annual profit guidance after reporting a 1.5% decline in like-for-like sales for November and December.
Ocado Retail delivered a strong finish to its financial year, with sales growth accelerating in the fourth quarter as weekly orders reached a milestone of 500,000 for the first time. The company, which is the grocery joint venture between Ocado Group and M&S, reported retail revenues of £715.8m for the 13 weeks to 1 December, up 17.5% year-on-year and a pick-up from the 15.5% growth seen in the third quarter.
Persimmon has forecast 2024 profits at the upper end of market expectations after delivering a 7% increase in its number of completions during 2024. The group delivered a total of 10,664 homes, up 7% year-on-year and stronger than City forecasts. JD Sports Fashion today trimmed annual profit guidance after reporting a 1.5% decline in like-for-like sales for November and December. The company now expects profit of between £915 million and £935 million in the current financial year.
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UK
Games Workshop Group
Hunting*
Ocado
Persimmon
US
None
UK
Currys*
Experian*
Vistry Group
JD Sports Fashion
US
BlackRock
Citigroup Inc
Goldman Sachs
JPMorgan Chase & Co
Wells Fargo & Co
BoE’s Breeden speech
US Producer Price Index
Fed’s Schmid speech
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 16th January 2025:
Compass Group
Diploma
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 16th January 2025:
WH Smith
Grainger
Foresight Group Holdings
Future
B&M European Value Retail S.A.
TwentyFour Income Fund
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