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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Endeavour Mining PLC | 1,661.0 | 3.7% |
| Unite Group PLC | 933.5 | 2.8% |
| Fresnillo PLC | 551.8 | 2.6% |
| Ocado Group PLC | 738.2 | 2.5% |
| Segro PLC | 722.4 | 2.4% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Jd Sports Fashion PLC | 132.8 | -5.7% |
| BP PLC | 468.7 | -1.9% |
| Frasers Group PLC | 783.0 | -1.5% |
| B&M European Value Retail S.A. | 562.0 | -1.2% |
| Centrica PLC | 144.8 | -1.1% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,308 | 0.5% | -2.2% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 34,410 | 0.4% | 4.6% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,705 | 0.0% | 19.0% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 32,010 | 0.5% | 13.1% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,148 | 0.4% | 2.7% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 78.46 | -1.48% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 82.69 | -1.59% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,915 | 0.9% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 383 | 1.1% |
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The UK 100 called to open +41 points at 7,361. The UK 100 looks to start the session on the front foot today as Asian shares rallied on Thursday after blockbuster results from tech blue chip Nvidia boosted Wall Street and a retreat in U.S. bond yields eased pressure on borrowing costs globally. A round of soft surveys on manufacturing had also revived hopes central banks were done tightening, though that might change depending on what clues about interest rates Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell gives at an annual central bank summit in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Friday.
AstraZeneca’s Lynparza plus abiraterone has been approved in Japan for form of prostate cancer.
Harbour Energy have narrowed their annual production and capital expenditure outlook. They expect production to be between 185-195 kboepd for 2023, compared with an earlier forecast of 185-200 kboepd. Their total capital expenditure is expected to come in at $1bn, from $1.1bn announced previously.
Hays state that Dirk Hahn would succeed Alistair Cox as it next CEO from September after reporting an annual profit ahead of market expectations. They reported an operating profit of £197m, compared with average analyst expectations of £193.9m.
Hunting are to further restructure their operations by disposing of non-core exploration and production assets, as they seek to cut costs.
Intertek buys PlayerLync, SaaS-based platform.
Credit Suisse Upgrades Pennon Group to Outperform from Neutral (3 Buys / 6 Holds / 1 Sell)
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CRH
Harbour Energy
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Intuit
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ECB Monetary Policy Meeting Accounts
US Durable Goods Orders
US Initial Jobless Claims
US Nondefense Capital Goods Orders ex Aircraft
Jackson Hole Symposium
UK GfK Consumer Confidence
Tokyo Consumer Price Index
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 24th August 2023:
Aviva
Legal & General Group
St. James’s Place
Mondi
Diageo
Land Securities Group
Auto Trader Group
Haleon
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 24th August 2023:
Plus500
Hammerson
OSB Group
Henderson Smaller Cos Inv Tst
Ibstock
HICL Infrastructure
Drax Group
RHI Magnesita N.V.
Shaftesbury Capital
Temple Bar Investment Trust
Just Group
Witan Investment Trust
Personal Assets Trust
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