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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Croda International PLC | 4,321.0 | 3.3% |
| Smith & Nephew PLC | 1,165.0 | 3.0% |
| Prudential PLC | 700.0 | 2.7% |
| Frasers Group PLC | 867.0 | 2.5% |
| Entain PLC | 788.6 | 2.4% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Next PLC | 9742.0 | -3.5% |
| Endeavour Mining PLC | 1826.0 | -2.7% |
| Fresnillo PLC | 621.0 | -2.4% |
| Beazley PLC | 768.5 | -2.4% |
| SSE PLC | 1912.0 | -1.7% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,321 | 0.4% | 9.4% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 42,313 | 0.3% | 26.3% |
| DAX INDEX | 19,474 | 1.2% | 26.6% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 37,920 | -4.8% | 19.0% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,270 | 0.7% | 17.3% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 69.00 | 1.20% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 72.90 | 1.28% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,657 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 464 | 1.0% |
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The UK 100 called to open -20 points at 8,300. The UK 100 looks set to make a slightly negative start to the trading week, having added more than 90 points last week, driven higher by news that China was to cut interest rates and the add stimulus to the Chinese economy to help achieve the 5% annual growth target.
In Asia this morning it was a mixed trading session; however China’s CSI soared 8.7%.
On Wall Street Friday, the Dow Jones added 137.89 points, or 0.33%, ending at 42,313.00. The blue-chip average posted a closing record and reached an all-time high during the session. The S&P 500 ticked down 0.13% to 5,738.17, while the Nasdaq Composite lost 0.39% to end at 18,119.59.
Aston Martin delivered results this morning and said external factors within industry had impacted volume outlook for the remainder of 2024. Therefore, sees FY24 ebitda “slightly” below Full Year 2023.
Petrofac says it has reached preliminary agreement with key stakeholders on financial restructure. Also progressing talks with bank lending group. Interim figures showed 1st half net loss $208m with 1st half revenues of $1.24b.
Vodafone this morning confirmed the Sale of Italian Operations to Swisscom.
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HICL Infrastructure
Playtech
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Greggs
US
Nike Inc
Chinese NBS Manufacturing PMI
Chinese NBS Non-Manufacturing PMI
Chinese Caixin Manufacturing PMI
Chinese Caixin Services PMI
German Retail Sales
UK Gross Domestic Product
BoE’s Greene speech
German Consumer Price Index
Chicago Purchasing Managers’ Index
Fed’s Chair Powell speech
Japanese Unemployment Rate
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 3rd October 2024:
British American Tobacco
Rightmove
Barratt Developments
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 3rd October 2024:
Centrica
Weir Group
Smith & Nephew
Hargreaves Lansdown
Phoenix Group Holdings
F&C Investment Trust
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