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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Endeavour Mining PLC | 1,836.0 | 10.5% |
| Fresnillo PLC | 568.0 | 5.7% |
| Entain PLC | 734.6 | 2.9% |
| Jd Sports Fashion PLC | 148.9 | 2.8% |
| Airtel Africa PLC | 118.5 | 2.4% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Sainsbury (J) PLC | 289.8 | -2.0% |
| Diageo PLC | 2470.0 | -1.4% |
| Tesco PLC | 364.5 | -1.2% |
| Astrazeneca PLC | 11928.0 | -1.0% |
| Sage Group PLC | 1031.0 | -0.7% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,273 | 0.4% | 7.3% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 41,394 | 0.7% | 19.6% |
| DAX INDEX | 18,699 | 1.0% | 17.7% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 36,582 | -0.7% | 9.1% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,122 | 0.3% | 11.6% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 69.00 | 0.51% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 71.83 | 0.31% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,589 | 0.4% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 423 | -0.2% |
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The UK 100 called to open -14 points at 8,259. The UK 100 looks set to open the week marginally lower. This comes on the back of a strong showing from the UK’s blue chip index last week, having gained 1.1% or 91 points. In focus this week will be interest rate decisions from both the Bank of England & the Federal Reserve.
Markets in Asia this morning were broadly higher, despite both China and Japan been closed for Bank Holidays.
It was an all green session on Wall Street Friday, leading to the S&P & the Nasdaq posting their strongest weeks of 2024. The S&P climbed 0.54% and closed at 5,626.02, less than 1% from its July all-time high. The tech-heavy Nasdaq added 0.65% to end at 17,683.98. Both indexes posted their fifth consecutive winning day. The Dow Jones jumped 297.01 points, or 0.72%, closing at 41,393.78.
Close Brothers Group announced this morning that Adrian Sainsbury, Group Chief Executive, has taken a temporary medical leave of absence from the business. The group has said they have put in place robust temporary cover arrangements to ensure continuity in the delivery of the group’s strategy during this period. Mike Morgan, Group Finance Director, will assume Adrian’s principal responsibilities supported by the Chairman, Mike Biggs, and members of the senior management team.
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 19th September 2024:
Unite Group
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 19th September 2024:
Crest Nicholson Holdings
Foresight Group Holdings
Bridgepoint Group
IG Group Holdings
Drax Group
Essentra
Fidelity European Trust
PPHE Hotel Group
Energean
Patria Private Equity Trust
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