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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Ocado Group PLC | 568.8 | 1.6% |
| B&M European Value Retail S.A. | 543.0 | 1.3% |
| Kingfisher PLC | 217.3 | 1.3% |
| Tesco PLC | 283.5 | 1.3% |
| Hargreaves Lansdown PLC | 708.0 | 1.1% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Sage Group PLC | 1,099.5 | -2.7% |
| Flutter Entertainment PLC | 12,545.0 | -2.0% |
| Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC | 712.4 | -1.6% |
| Burberry Group PLC | 1,520.5 | -1.0% |
| Anglo American PLC | 2,210.0 | -1.0% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,485 | 0.0% | -0.2% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 35,384 | 0.3% | 3.5% |
| DAX INDEX | 16,029 | 0.2% | 10.0% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 33,626 | 0.5% | 18.9% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,041 | 0.2% | -3.0% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 76.88 | -0.29% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 82.02 | 0.74% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,998 | 0.3% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 382 | 0.3% |
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The UK 100 called to open -9 points at 7,479. The UK 100 is expected to open lower when trading for the week gets underway on Monday following losses in Asia, the Nikkei fell 0.5%, while the Shanghai Composite was 0.3% lower in late trade, and the Hang Seng was also 0.3% lower. On Friday it was a mixed return for Wall Street after the thanksgiving holiday, The Dow rose 117.12 points, or 0.33%, to 35,390.15. Meanwhile, the S&P ticked higher by 0.06% to end at 4,559.34. However the Nasdaq fell 0.11%, closing at 14,250.85.
Aviva are to acquire Canadian vehicle replacement insurer Optiom for around £100m of which they expect to close in Q1 2024.
GSK hails results from phase 3 trial for Blenrep in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.
Lloyds are putting around 2,500 jobs at risk as part of a shake-up, amid a renewed push by lenders to slash costs.
Rightmove have lifted their forecast for annual average revenue per advertiser (ARPA), encouraged by increased usage of its products by new homes developers. They now expect their ARPA to be in the £112-116m range, ahead of its previous forecast of £103-105m.
Goldman Sachs Downgrades Entain to Sell from Buy (12 Buys / 3 Holds / 1 Sell)
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Safestore Holdings
easyJet
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CrowdStrike
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German Gfk Consumer Confidence Survey
US Housing Price Index
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BoE’s Haskel speech
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 30th November 2023:
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3i Group
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 30th November 2023:
Diversified Energy Company
Bellway
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Telecom Plus
Johnson Matthey
LondonMetric Property
AVI Global Trust
Temple Bar Investment Trust
FirstGroup
Hill & Smith
Alliance Trust
Caledonia Investments
Oxford Instruments
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