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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Entain PLC | 639.6 | 3.0% |
| Auto Trader Group PLC | 831.4 | 2.3% |
| Pershing Square Holdings LTD | 3,702.0 | 1.9% |
| Rentokil Initial PLC | 486.6 | 1.5% |
| Burberry Group PLC | 679.8 | 1.3% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Rightmove PLC | 533.6 | -2.5% |
| Fresnillo PLC | 530.0 | -2.4% |
| Berkeley Group Holdings (The) PLC | 5195.0 | -2.3% |
| Sage Group PLC | 1016.0 | -1.6% |
| Ashtead Group PLC | 5226.0 | -1.5% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,311 | -0.4% | 14.4% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 40,660 | 0.2% | 17.9% |
| DAX INDEX | 18,322 | 0.8% | 17.7% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 37,389 | -1.8% | 18.9% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,980 | 0.1% | 11.6% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 76.15 | -0.65% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 79.26 | -0.53% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,503 | -0.2% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 419 | 0.1% |
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The UK 100 called to open -31 points at 8,280. The UK 100 looks set to open slightly lower this morning, the drop comes off strong week for global markets last week as stocks rebounded from the Nikkei led drop in early August.
Asian markets saw a mixed showing overnight, with Shanghai just above the mark and Japan’s Nikkei 225 slightly off.
U.S. stocks rose on Friday as investors closed out the best week of 2024. The S&P added 0.2% to 5,554.25, while the Nasdaq gained 0.21% to 17,631.72 on Friday. The Dow Jones rose 96 points, or 0.24%, to 40,659.76. For the week, the S&P 500 added nearly 3.9%, its best week since November 2023. The Nasdaq gained 5.2%, while the 30-stock Dow advanced 2.9% on the week.
Barratt Developments & Redrow: Barratt waives CMA condition to merger with Redrow, expects completion this week.
Berkeley Group’s CEO Robert Perrins sells £10.5m in shares on Friday.
BHP Group: workers at the world’s largest copper mine in Chile suspended a strike launched earlier last week and have restarted negotiations with BHP Group, the union and management.
Plus500 have forecast their annual results to be above the market view after they recorded a 13% jump in new customers for H1. Analysts expect the company to log annual revenue of $697.8m with a core profit of $314.6m according to company-compiled consensus.
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 22nd August 2024:
Legal & General Group
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Land Securities Group
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UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 22nd August 2024:
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Ibstock
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