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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Ocado Group PLC | 688.0 | 6.2% |
| Lloyds Banking Group PLC | 45.5 | 2.4% |
| Rightmove PLC | 566.2 | 2.1% |
| Hargreaves Lansdown PLC | 828.2 | 2.1% |
| Jd Sports Fashion PLC | 147.4 | 1.7% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Halma PLC | 1,939.0 | -4.3% |
| Entain PLC | 1,057.5 | -2.9% |
| Centrica PLC | 168.1 | -2.6% |
| B&M European Value Retail S.A. | 572.2 | -2.1% |
| SSE PLC | 1,672.5 | -1.5% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,694 | 0.2% | 7.9% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 34,101 | 0.1% | 13.4% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,568 | 0.0% | 24.3% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 32,402 | -0.5% | 19.3% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,069 | 0.1% | 7.5% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 90.10 | 0.52% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 93.53 | 0.25% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,927 | 0.4% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 371 | 0.4% |
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The UK 100 called to open -20 points at 7,683. The UK 100 is expected to start the week on the back foot following falls in Asian markets after more problems for China’s Evergrande. In China on Monday, the Shanghai Composite was down 0.5%, while the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong was down 1.5%. On Friday The Dow Jones slid 106.58 points, or 0.31%, to close at 33,963.84. The S&P shed 0.23% to 4,320.06. The Nasdaq slipped 0.09% to 13,211.81.
Aviva this morning has announced the purchase of AIG’s UK protection business for consideration of £460 million.
Entain warned online gaming revenue had been softer than expected hit by adverse sporting results during September, and ongoing regulatory headwinds.
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare approves GSK’s Arexvy, the country’s first respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for older adults
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Barr (AG)
Close Brothers
PZ Cussons
Smiths Group
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Costco Wholesale
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 28th September 2023:
Barratt Developments
Phoenix Group Holdings
M&G
British American Tobacco
Smurfit Kappa Group
Rightmove
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 28th September 2023:
Foresight Group Holdings
TP ICAP Group
Petershill Partners
Hipgnosis Songs Fund
Kainos Group
Computacenter
Mercantile Investment Trust
HgCapital Trust
Games Workshop Group
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