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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. | 164.8 | 6.4% |
| Standard Chartered PLC | 739.6 | 4.3% |
| Astrazeneca PLC | 11,124.0 | 4.0% |
| Ocado Group PLC | 980.0 | 2.9% |
| Airtel Africa PLC | 116.7 | 2.7% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Admiral Group PLC | 2,171.0 | -4.5% |
| St. James’s Place PLC | 950.4 | -4.3% |
| Beazley PLC | 556.5 | -2.9% |
| Kingfisher PLC | 246.1 | -2.5% |
| Aviva PLC | 390.3 | -2.3% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,703 | 0.1% | 4.9% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 35,526 | 0.7% | 8.9% |
| DAX INDEX | 16,479 | 0.5% | 23.8% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 32,759 | -0.4% | 17.8% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,404 | -0.7% | 7.5% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 80.00 | -0.11% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 84.13 | -0.13% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,962 | 0.8% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 392 | 1.0% |
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The UK 100 called to open -10 point at 7,684. The UK 100 looks set to open slightly lower on Monday after data from China showed the manufacturing sector had continued to contract. In the US on Friday, markets advanced once more after Thursday’s blip as resilient data raised hopes of an economic soft landing.
Britain’s biggest mortgage lenders will this week launch a £5mln advertising campaign to highlight support for cash-strapped customers. The campaign, orchestrated by the industry lobbying group UK Finance, comes weeks after the signing of a mortgage charter by major lenders following talks with the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt.
BT Group have appointed Allison Kirkby as chief executive, taking over from Philip Jansen who announced he was stepping down earlier this month.
Marshalls PLC this morning said it plans to cut 250 jobs after warning performance in the second half will be below its previous expectations
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