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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Diploma PLC | 3,360.0 | 11.3% |
| Ocado Group PLC | 601.8 | 7.4% |
| Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC | 9,196.0 | 2.9% |
| Flutter Entertainment PLC | 13,025.0 | 2.6% |
| Halma PLC | 2,090.0 | 1.8% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Ashtead Group PLC | 4,726.0 | -9.9% |
| Smurfit Kappa Group PLC | 2,707.0 | -2.9% |
| Compass Group PLC | 2,048.0 | -2.1% |
| Dcc PLC | 5,244.0 | -1.9% |
| Airtel Africa PLC | 112.0 | -1.7% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,499 | -0.1% | 1.3% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 35,035 | 0.3% | 3.8% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,902 | -0.1% | 10.0% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 33,388 | -0.6% | 19.5% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,058 | 0.1% | -1.1% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 77.80 | 2.52% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 82.76 | 2.67% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,973 | -0.4% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 382 | 1.2% |
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The UK 100 called to open -9 points at 7,487. The UK 100 is expected to open moderately lower despite a strong showing in the US on Monday which saw Microsoft and Nvidia hit new highs. In a speech on Monday evening, the governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, warned it is “much too early” to say that inflation has been beaten, despite figures last week which showed the prime minister’s target to halve inflation had been reached. In the US on Monday, the Dow Jones closed up 0.6%, the S&P rose 0.7% and the Nasdaq climbed 1.1%.
AO World PLC announced this morning that it had swung back into profit in the first half of the financial year, despite a drop in sales, reflecting improved margins and tight cost control. As a result, the UK electrical retailer has increased profit guidance for the full-year, forecasting pre-tax profits between £28 million to £33 million compared to the £28 million predicted in July.
Capita has this morning announced that it will shortly begin consultations with employees as part of the cost saving process announced in the interim results. The move to reduce overheads means that some 900 roles in indirect support functions are at risk of redundancy. Exceptional costs of around £27m are expected to be incurred here and the cash impact will sit in Q1 ’24. A pre-close statement is due in mid-December.
British meat producer Cranswick on Tuesday forecast annual profit at the upper end of current market estimates, betting strong domestic demand and higher pig prices would offset a fall in China volumes.
UK
Caledonia Investments
Cranswick
Telecom Plus
Workspace Group
US
Baidu
Medtronic
HP
NVIDIA
UK
Breedon Group
Britvic
Coats Group
Grainger
HICL Infastructure
Johnson Matthey
Kingfisher
NextEnergy Solar Fund
Rotork
Sage Group
Severn Trent
US
Deere & Co
US Existing Home Sales Change
FOMC Minutes
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 23rd November 2023:
Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust
RS Group
National Grid
Vodafone Group
Imperial Brands
DCC
Land Securities Group
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 23rd November 2023:
Volution Group
BlackRock World Mining Trust
3i Infrastructure
Witan Investment Trust
Tate & Lyle
Urban Logistics REIT
Kainos Group
British Land Company
Babcock International Group
HICL Infrastructure
Liontrust Asset Management
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