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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Admiral Group PLC | 2,354.0 | 7.1% |
| Jd Sports Fashion PLC | 153.4 | 2.6% |
| B&M European Value Retail S.A. | 575.0 | 1.7% |
| Ocado Group PLC | 812.2 | 1.6% |
| 3I Group PLC | 1,939.5 | 1.5% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Natwest Group PLC | 227.5 | -2.6% |
| Rightmove PLC | 560.6 | -2.3% |
| Flutter Entertainment PLC | 13,700.0 | -2.3% |
| Fresnillo PLC | 514.7 | -2.2% |
| Endeavour Mining PLC | 1,600.0 | -2.1% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,355 | -0.5% | -2.5% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 35,039 | 0.3% | 2.6% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,787 | 0.1% | 13.5% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 31,767 | -1.5% | 8.7% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,195 | -1.5% | 1.0% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 80.87 | -0.15% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 84.85 | -0.05% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,903 | 0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 370 | -0.2% |
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The UK 100 called to open -23 points at 7,325. UK 100 is set to open lower on Thursday as sentiment took a hit from hawkish minutes from the Federal Reserve. The Fed stated they continue to see “significant” upside risks to inflation and suggested further interest rate increases may be necessary. Wall street ended in the red with the Dow closing -0.5%, S&P -0.8% and Nasdaq -1.2%. In Asia Tokyo closed -0.4%, Shanghai -0.3% and Hong Kong -1%.
BAE Systems agrees to buy Ball Aerospace from Ball Corp for around $5.55bn in cash.
ITM Power report a FY pretax loss of £101.2m vs a £46.7m loss YoY.
Lookers declares a 1p interim dividend and won’t reduce the takeover offer price from Global Auto.
Rank reports a FY23 pretax loss of £122.7m, swinging from a profit of £73m YoY.
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Bank of Georgia Group
Empiric Student Property
US
Walmart
Applied Materials
UK
None
US
Deere & Co
The Estee Lauder Companies
Xpeng
Palo Alto Networks
US Initial Jobless Claims
Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Survey
Japanese National Consumer Price Index
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 17th August 2023:
abrdn
Anglo American
Schroders
Berkeley Group Holdings
Imperial Brands
GSK
Hiscox
Entain
ConvaTec Group
London Stock Exchange Group
Pershing Square Holdings
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 17th August 2023:
Investec
Bridgepoint Group
Tritax EuroBox GBP
Bluefield Solar Income Fund
Keller Group
UK Commercial Property REIT
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust
Murray Income Trust
4imprint Group
Rotork
Chemring Group
ICG Enterprise Trust
Lancashire Holdings
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