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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Airtel Africa PLC | 112.8 | 3.9% |
| Pershing Square Holdings LTD | 3,854.0 | 2.2% |
| Anglo American PLC | 2,381.5 | 2.1% |
| Vodafone Group PLC | 67.8 | 1.9% |
| Melrose Industries PLC | 551.4 | 1.7% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Persimmon PLC | 1182.0 | -2.4% |
| Entain PLC | 681.4 | -1.3% |
| Endeavour Mining PLC | 1432.0 | -0.6% |
| Ashtead Group PLC | 4948.0 | -0.6% |
| Bt Group PLC | 144.0 | -0.6% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,137 | 0.4% | 5.3% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 43,326 | 0.1% | 15.4% |
| DAX INDEX | 19,849 | -0.2% | 18.6% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 39,568 | 1.1% | 17.5% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,221 | 0.2% | 8.7% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 69.62 | -0.68% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 73.25 | -0.45% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,634 | 0.6% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 413 | 0.4% |
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The UK 100 called to open flat at 8,136. The UK 100 looks set to open flat this morning,
Overnight, Asian markets were mixed as Japan’s Nikkei racked up the biggest gain of 1.8%, while South Korea’s Kospi marked the largest faller, down 1.0%.
The Dow Jones reversed early losses and ended the boxing day trading session with a small gain in thin trading Thursday after the market’s strong back-to-back gains at the start of the holiday week. The blue-chip Dow closed the day 28.77 points, or 0.07%, higher to 43,325.80 after losing about 182 points earlier in the session. The S&P 500 dipped just 2.45 points, or 0.04%, to 6,037.59. The Nasdaq also ended the day slightly lower, declining less than 0.1% to 20,020.36. The market was closed on Wednesday for Christmas Day.
Centrica this morning announces the commencement of a new £300m share buyback as per announcement on the 10th December.
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 2nd January 2025:
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UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 2nd January 2025:
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