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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Fresnillo PLC | 592.2 | 5.9% |
| JD Sports Fashion PLC | 156.6 | 5.2% |
| Ocado Group PLC | 595.8 | 5.1% |
| Rightmove PLC | 542.6 | 2.8% |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 264.8 | 2.5% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Entain PLC | 804.7 | -3.6% |
| Prudential PLC | 859.0 | -3.0% |
| Standard Chartered PLC | 644.8 | -2.6% |
| Anglo American PLC | 2,147.5 | -2.6% |
| Compass Group PLC | 2,021.0 | -2.4% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,425 | -0.4% | -0.8% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 35,485 | 0.2% | 4.8% |
| DAX INDEX | 16,183 | 1.2% | 12.6% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 33,321 | -0.3% | 19.1% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,035 | 0.3% | -3.4% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 76.65 | 0.31% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 81.86 | 0.22% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,043 | 0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 384 | 0.0% |
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The UK 100 called to open +11 points at 7,434. The UK 100 looks set to open 100 on Thursday ahead of inflation data in Europe and the US. This comes after a mixed session on Wall Street yesterday that saw the Dow Jones up 13.44 points, or 0.04%, to close at 35,430.42. The S&P ticked down by 0.09% to end at 4,550.58, and the Nasdaq slipped by 0.16% to 14,258.49. All three major averages remain on track for their biggest monthly gain in 2023.
Dr Martens have forecast for their annual revenue to decline by a high single-digit percentage, after a slow start to the autumn-winter season impacted by warm weather across its three key regions and weaker traffic overall.
Mitchells & Butlers posted an 8% fall in its annual profit, pulled down by higher input costs, although they have forecast for cost pressures to seriously abate in the 2024 fiscal year. Their adjusted operating profit for the year ended 30th September came in at £221m, compared with £240m a year earlier.
Mulberry Group sees their usual H2 weighting to trading as they report a H1 pretax loss of £12.8m, widening from £3.8m YoY. They state that there is “no doubt macro-economic environment has deteriorated” hurting customers.
CitiGroup Upgrades B&M European Value Retail SA to Buy from Neutral (8 Buys / 4 Holds / 1 Sell)
JP Morgan Downgrades 888 Holdings to Neutral from Overweight (5 Buys / 2 Holds / 0 Sells)
JP Morgan Upgrades NatWest to Overweight from Neutral (7 Buys / 6 Holds / 1 Sell)
Peel Hunt Upgrades B&M European Value Retail SA to Buy from Hold (8 Buys / 4 Holds / 1 Sell)
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 30th November 2023:
Severn Trent
3i Group
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 30th November 2023:
Diversified Energy Company
Bellway
Fidelity Special Values
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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