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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC | 4,994.0 | 6.6% |
| Schroders PLC | 358.8 | 4.3% |
| Intermediate Capital Group PLC | 2,130.0 | 3.3% |
| Associated British Foods PLC | 2,283.0 | 2.8% |
| Melrose Industries PLC | 487.5 | 2.6% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Vistry Group PLC | 894.5 | -1.7% |
| Entain PLC | 734.4 | -1.4% |
| Smith (Ds) PLC | 539.0 | -1.2% |
| Fresnillo PLC | 735.5 | -0.5% |
| Sainsbury (J) PLC | 264.8 | -0.5% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,177 | 0.8% | 10.2% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 42,052 | 0.7% | 23.5% |
| DAX INDEX | 19,255 | 0.9% | 26.8% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 38,054 | -2.6% | 19.1% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,165 | 0.6% | 17.0% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 70.88 | 2.00% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 74.47 | 1.87% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,738 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 443 | 1.4% |
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The UK 100 called to open -5 points at 8,172. The UK 100 looks set to open broadly flat from the close price from Friday.
Sterling is up by 0.6% to $1.298, reflecting pressure on the dollar ahead of the US presidential election and this week’s Federal Reserve meeting.
The Dow Jones gained 288.73 points, or 0.69%, ending at 42,052.19. The S&P advanced 0.41% to close at 5,728.80, and the Nasdaq rose 0.8% to 18,239.92.
Anglo American has agreed terms for the sale of its 33.3% minority interest in Jellinbah Group Pty Ltd.
Ryanair said on Monday that average fares fell 10% in the six months ended September, leading to an 18% year-on-year fall in first-half profit, but its current quarter bookings looked strong and ticket price weakness was moderating. After-tax profit for the first half of Ryanair’s financial year was 1.79 billion euros ($1.95 billion), just short of the 1.8 billion euro profit forecast in a company poll of analysts.
Standard Chartered cut to Neutral by Goldman Sachs (5 Buys / 7 Holds / 1 Sell)
Natwest raised to outperform by KEEFE. BRUYETTE & WOODS (11 Buys / 6 Holds / 0 Sells)
UK
Empiric Student Property
US
Palantir Technologies
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
UK
Associated British Foods
International Workplace Group
TI Fluid Systems
TP ICAP
Weir Group
US
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German HCOB Manufacturing PMI
EU Sentix Investor Confidence
US Factory Orders
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 7th November 2024:
Unilever
Airtel Africa
JD Sports Fashion
HSBC Holdings
BP
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 7th November 2024:
ME Group International
SThree
Genus
Ashmore Group
European Opportunities Trust
Bytes Technology Group
Softcat
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