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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| JD Sports Fashion PLC | 97.9 | 4.0% |
| Intermediate Capital Group PLC | 2,132.0 | 3.8% |
| Antofagasta PLC | 1,642.5 | 3.2% |
| Lloyds Banking Group PLC | 55.8 | 2.6% |
| Entain PLC | 692.8 | 2.4% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| WPP PLC | 790.4 | -2.9% |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 570.0 | -2.6% |
| Unilever PLC | 4448.0 | -2.5% |
| Marks And Spencer Group PLC | 382.8 | -2.0% |
| Rightmove PLC | 640.0 | -1.2% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,250 | 0.3% | 7.3% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 42,707 | -0.1% | 14.0% |
| DAX INDEX | 20,216 | 1.6% | 21.8% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 40,083 | 2.0% | 20.1% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,285 | 0.3% | 10.6% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 73.36 | -0.27% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 76.16 | -0.18% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,640 | 0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 418 | 0.5% |
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The UK 100 called to open -37 Points at 8,213. The UK 100 looks set to open lower this morning having made ground yesterday as the pound continues to strengthen.
Data out this morning showed house prices fell 0.2% in December, according to the latest report by lender Halifax. The decline, which followed five consecutive monthly increases, left the average price 3.3% higher for the year at £297,166.
Markets in Asia were broadly higher this morning, the anomaly being the Hang Seng falling by 1.7%
Yesterday on Wall Street the S&P advanced 0.55% to end at 5,975.38, and the Nasdaq added 1.24% to 19,864.98. The Dow Jones lagged, losing 25.57 points, or 0.06%, and closing at 42,706.56. Earlier in the session, the 30-stock average rose as much as 383 points.
Next has given another boost to profit guidance after sales figures beat forecasts in the nine weeks to 28 December. Underlying full price sales rose 5.7% on a year earlier, which compares to its previous guidance for the period of 3.5%. This adds £27 million to full price sales, lifting full year guidance for pre-tax profit in the year to the end of January by £5 million to £1.01 billion. Initial guidance for the January 2026 year points to full price sales growth of 3.5% and pre-tax profits of almost £1.05 billion.
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 9th January 2025:
Experian
Sage Group
Ashtead Group
Games Workshop Group
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 9th January 2025:
QinetiQ Group
XPS Pensions Group
Workspace Group
Greencore Group
AJ Bell
Primary Health Properties
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