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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Rentokil Initial PLC | 376.7 | 4.5% |
| Fresnillo PLC | 619.5 | 3.4% |
| Endeavour Mining PLC | 1,905.0 | 3.2% |
| Smiths Group PLC | 1,764.0 | 2.3% |
| Easyjet PLC | 521.2 | 2.2% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Prudential PLC | 642.2 | -3.4% |
| BP PLC | 400.3 | -2.4% |
| Persimmon PLC | 1641.0 | -2.4% |
| Standard Chartered PLC | 763.2 | -2.2% |
| Diageo PLC | 2497.5 | -2.0% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,269 | -0.2% | 8.4% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 41,915 | -0.7% | 24.7% |
| DAX INDEX | 18,919 | -0.4% | 24.0% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 38,839 | 2.6% | 20.1% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,204 | 1.0% | 16.2% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 67.96 | -2.48% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 71.50 | -2.67% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,658 | 0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 452 | 0.6% |
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The UK 100 called to open +50 points at 8,319. The UK 100 looks set to open higher this morning, recovering from yesterdays dip during afternoon trading.
Yesterday Stateside saw the S&P 500 lose 0.19% to close at 5,722.26, while the Dow Jones fell by 293.47 points, or 0.70%, to end at 41,914.75. Both the Dow and S&P had hit fresh records in early trading, but the session snapping a four-day winning streak. The Nasdaq managed to outperform with the narrowest of gain of 0.04%, closing at 18,082.21. US futures are however higher this morning.
Oil prices dropped sharply on a report that Saudi Arabia is preparing to abandon its unofficial price target of $100 a barrel for Crude as it prepares to increase output.
Diageo this morning said that their expectations are unchanged from when they reported fiscal 2024 preliminary results on 30 July 2024. They say the global environment remains challenging for both our industry and Diageo. Diageo say consumers continue to be cautious in this environment. They say they have made good progress on our strategic initiatives, including US route-to-market enhancements, and in Nigeria they are progressing well towards completion of the agreement to restructure their business model there.
Halma has reported further progress in the first half of the financial year with strong organic growth and expects an unchanged full-year guidance with an Adjusted EBIT margin of around 21%. The company has successfully completed four acquisitions in its Safety sector, investing a total of approximately £85m, which is expected to fuel medium to long-term growth despite the negative currency translation effects of a stronger Sterling. Halma is scheduled to release its half-year results on November 21, 2024.
National Grid announced that it has today completed the sale of its final 20% equity interest in National Gas to a consortium of long-term infrastructure investors led by Macquarie Asset Management.
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Costco Wholesale
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Ceres Power Holdings
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EU Economic Bulletin
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US Durable Goods Orders
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US Nondefense Capital Goods Orders ex Aircraft
US Personal Consumption Expenditures Prices
BoE Monetary Policy Report Hearings
Fed’s Williams speech
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Fed’s Kashkari speech
Tokyo Consumer Price Index
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 26th September 2024:
British American Tobacco
Rightmove
Barratt Developments
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 26th September 2024:
Breedon Group
Bank of Georgia Group
Alfa Financial Software Holdings
Computacenter
HgCapital Trust
JTC
Petershill Partners
Mercantile Investment Trust
Ruffer Investment Company
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