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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Ocado Group PLC | 748.6 | 3.3% |
| Rentokil Initial PLC | 444.8 | 2.7% |
| Entain PLC | 1,005.5 | 2.6% |
| Anglo American PLC | 1,980.6 | 2.5% |
| Phoenix Group Holdings PLC | 534.2 | 2.3% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 299.1 | -1.1% |
| Smurfit Kappa Group PLC | 3,152.0 | -1.1% |
| BT Group PLC | 126.0 | -1.1% |
| Vodafone Group PLC | 68.5 | -0.9% |
| IMI PLC | 1,693.0 | -0.9% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,725 | 0.4% | 3.4% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 37,620 | 0.2% | 13.2% |
| DAX INDEX | 16,742 | 0.2% | 20.1% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 33,681 | 1.1% | 27.9% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,561 | 0.8% | 6.7% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 74.46 | -1.47% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 79.97 | -1.36% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,081 | 0.6% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 395 | 1.3% |
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The UK 100 called to open +24 points at 7,748. The UK 100 looks set to start in the green today, looking to continue the UK’s blue chip index’s strong finish to the year, following a broadly green session in both Asia and the US. On Wall Street Stocks finished higher Wednesday. The S&P inched up 0.14% to end at 4,781.58, while the Nasdaq added 0.16% to close at 15,099.18. The Dow Jones rose 111.19 points, or 0.3%, to finish at 37,656.52. The Dow closed at new record highs, while the S&P finished less than 0.5% off of its closing record of 4,796.56 set in January 2022. Along with the Dow and Nasdaq, the S&P is also enjoying an eight-week winning streak — its longest since 2017.
Chill Brands has received a “substantial initial purchase order” for its Chill ZERO nicotine-free vapour products from a prominent UK petrol station operator trading under major brands including Shell, Esso and BP.
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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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