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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Endeavour Mining PLC | 1,495.0 | 4.9% |
| Fresnillo PLC | 649.5 | 4.5% |
| Marks And Spencer Group PLC | 389.3 | 3.7% |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 588.4 | 3.5% |
| Airtel Africa PLC | 117.1 | 3.1% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Howden Joinery Group PLC | 780.0 | -1.7% |
| St. James’s Place PLC | 853.5 | -1.7% |
| Barratt Redrow PLC | 434.6 | -1.3% |
| Persimmon PLC | 1184.0 | -1.2% |
| Intertek Group PLC | 4678.0 | -1.1% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,260 | 1.1% | 7.0% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 42,392 | -0.4% | 12.4% |
| DAX INDEX | 20,025 | 0.6% | 19.4% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 39,895 | -1.0% | 19.5% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,201 | 0.5% | 9.0% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 73.13 | 1.97% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 75.90 | 1.69% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,657 | 1.3% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 404 | 0.2% |
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The UK 100 called to open -20 points at 8,240. The UK 100 looks set for a slightly lower open this morning, having rallied for the first trading session of the year yesterday, adding 87 points on the day, more than 1%.
Data out this morning from the British Retail Consortium (BRC), showed footfall in UK shops declined by 2.2% year on year last month. Though this marked an improvement from the 4.5% drop seen in November, a further fall meant footfall was down by 2.5% over the Golden Quarter in the three months to December.
Stocks slid on Thursday in a choppy first trading session of the new year in the States, as the slump to end 2024 extended into January. The blue-chip Dow Jones traded down 151.95 points, or 0.36%, to close at 42,392.27. The S&P fell 0.22%, finishing at 5,868.55. The Nasdaq slipped 0.16% to 19,280.79. The S&P and Nasdaq have now fallen for five straight sessions, their longest losing streaks since April.
GSK this morning announced Nucala approved in China for use in CRSwNP
Tullow Oil this morning confirmed not liable to pay the $320m BPRT assessment issued by the Ghana Revenue Authority as it falls outside of the tax regime
Wizz Air released passenger numbers, December passenger traffic + 1.9% year on year with a load factor of 86.5%, +4.3ppts on last year
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 9th January 2025:
Experian
Sage Group
Ashtead Group
Games Workshop Group
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 9th January 2025:
QinetiQ Group
XPS Pensions Group
Workspace Group
Greencore Group
AJ Bell
Primary Health Properties
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