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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Pershing Square Holdings LTD | 3,530.0 | 1.7% |
| Lloyds Banking Group PLC | 47.9 | 1.6% |
| Kingfisher PLC | 247.9 | 1.2% |
| Airtel Africa PLC | 129.1 | 1.1% |
| Endeavour Mining PLC | 1,801.0 | 0.9% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Jd Sports Fashion PLC | 165.2 | -5.1% |
| Ocado Group PLC | 726.8 | -4.0% |
| Halma PLC | 2,279.0 | -1.6% |
| Prudential PLC | 860.8 | -1.5% |
| B&M European Value Retail S.A. | 568.4 | -1.3% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,702 | 0.1% | 2.9% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 37,404 | 0.9% | 13.3% |
| DAX INDEX | 16,684 | 0.0% | 19.7% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 33,169 | 0.1% | 25.1% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,502 | 0.0% | 4.9% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 74.45 | 0.76% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 79.83 | 0.55% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,061 | 0.7% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 392 | -0.1% |
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The UK 100 called to open +40 points at 7,748. Boxing Day trading in the US saw stocks rise pushing the S&P 500 closer to record levels. The S&P climbed 0.42% to end at 4,774.75, while the Nasdaq advanced 0.54% to settle at 15,074.57. The Dow Jones gained 159.36 points, or about 0.43%, to close at 37,545.33. The Nasdaq gained 0.6% and notched an all-time high and record close, ending the session at 16,878.46.
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 28th December 2023:
BT Group
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 28th December 2023:
Schroder AsiaPacific Fund
Grainger
JPMorgan European Discovery Trust
Global Smaller Companies Trust
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