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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Entain PLC | 1,184.5 | 2.7% |
| Glencore PLC | 434.1 | 1.6% |
| Pearson PLC | 852.6 | 1.5% |
| Barclays PLC | 150.9 | 1.3% |
| International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. | 161.3 | 1.2% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Admiral Group PLC | 2,371.0 | -2.4% |
| Johnson Matthey PLC | 1,753.0 | -2.1% |
| Haleon PLC | 314.4 | -1.7% |
| Endeavour Mining PLC | 1,593.0 | -1.7% |
| Hiscox LTD | 992.5 | -1.6% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,453 | -0.2% | 2.8% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 34,838 | 0.3% | 11.2% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,814 | -0.2% | 21.6% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 32,939 | 0.7% | 19.3% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,319 | 0.6% | 7.2% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 85.86 | 0.36% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 88.88 | 0.37% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,938 | -0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 383 | -0.6% |
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The UK 100 called to open -35 points at 7,417. The UK 100 looks set to open lower this morning having given up early gains yesterday, data from China this morning showed a slowdown in growth in the service sector with the Caixin PMI falling to 51.8 in August from 54.1 in July, while the Australian central bank left Australian interest rates unchanged at 4.10% earlier this morning.
Ashtead have lowered their annual UK rental revenue growth forecast to 6-9% from a previous outlook range of 10-13% due to softening market conditions. They kept the rest of their outlook unchanged after reporting an 11% climb in adjusted pretax profit to $615m in Q1 ended July 31st.
DS Smith report that their trading has been in line with annual expectations, helped by a recovery in industrial package volumes as customer de-stocking eased.
London Stock Exchange is planning to launch a new blockchain-based digital markets business.
PZ Cussons makes offer for minority-held shares in PZ Cussons Nigeria PLC for £22.8m.
Investec Downgrades Informa to Hold from Buy (7 Buys / 4 Holds / 0 Sells)
Investec Upgrades Relx to Buy from Hold (4 Buys / 5 Holds / 0 Sells)
JP Morgan Downgrades B&M to Underweight from Overweight (7 Buys / 8 Holds / 2 Sells)
JP Morgan Downgrades Tesco to Neutral from Overweight (6 Buys / 2 Holds / 0 Sells)
Morgan Stanley Downgrades Hiscox to Equal-weight from Overweight (2 Buys / 9 Holds / 0 Sells)
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Chinese Caixin Services PMI
German HCOB Composite PMI
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 7th September 2023:
Smith (DS)
Admiral Group
Prudential
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 7th September 2023:
Harbour Energy
TBC Bank Group
CLS Holdings
Derwent London
BlackRock World Mining Trust
Empiric Student Property
Serco Group
Baltic Classifieds Group
Greggs
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