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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| St. James’s Place PLC | 672.2 | 5.0% |
| Next PLC | 7,090.0 | 3.4% |
| Hargreaves Lansdown PLC | 761.8 | 3.0% |
| Rio Tinto PLC | 5,217.0 | 2.8% |
| Severn Trent PLC | 2,516.0 | 2.8% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Ocado Group PLC | 500.0 | -5.8% |
| Intertek Group PLC | 4,135.0 | -1.6% |
| Airtel Africa PLC | 116.5 | -1.4% |
| Gsk PLC | 1,493.2 | -1.1% |
| Experian PLC | 2,751.0 | -0.9% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,631 | 0.4% | 10.3% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,985 | 0.9% | 12.6% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,238 | 0.3% | 20.5% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 32,040 | 1.2% | 19.7% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,056 | 0.4% | 5.9% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 86.62 | -0.05% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 89.78 | 0.14% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,917 | -0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 355 | -1.0% |
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The UK 100 called to open -2 points at 7,628. The UK 100 is expected to make a subdued open as investors await UK wage inflation figures. Hopes that a diplomatic push in the Middle East would stop the crisis in the Middle East spreading boosted US markets with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.9%, the S&P 500 up 1.1% and the Nasdaq Composite 1.2%. Asian markets followed suit with the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo up 1.0%. In China, the Shanghai Composite was marginally higher, while the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong was up 0.5%.
Aviva expects their UK wealth market to nearly triple to £3.4 trillion.
Bellway has warned of persistent challenges in the housing sector, weighed down by weak demand in the wake of high mortgage rates after they reported an 18% fall in their annual profit. Their underlying pretax profit for the year ended July 31st came in at £532.6m, slightly below average analyst expectations of £533.4m.
Melrose Industries sees their FY margin to be around 24% as they have “full confidence” in achieving their 2025 targets, in part due to current trading.
Rio Tinto reported a strong quarterly output after they reported a rise in their Q3 iron ore shipments, as they ramped up production at their Guadi-Darri mine. Iron ore shipments were 83.9 tonnes, up 1.2% YoY, Aluminium production rose 9.1% YoY and Pilbara iron ore production fell 0.9% YoY.
Rolls-Royce confirms reports that they will axe 2,000-2,500 jobs worldwide.
Serco wins a contract for DWP functional assessment services, worth £350m.
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