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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| B&M European Value Retail S.A. | 361.5 | 2.7% |
| Jd Sports Fashion PLC | 104.7 | 2.2% |
| Rentokil Initial PLC | 408.7 | 1.7% |
| Intermediate Capital Group PLC | 2,206.0 | 1.7% |
| Rightmove PLC | 675.2 | 1.5% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Frasers Group PLC | 638.0 | -3.6% |
| United Utilities Group PLC | 1090.5 | -3.4% |
| Severn Trent PLC | 2656.0 | -3.1% |
| Spirax Group PLC | 7275.0 | -2.9% |
| Endeavour Mining PLC | 1494.0 | -2.4% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,309 | -0.5% | 10.0% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 44,643 | -0.3% | 23.2% |
| DAX INDEX | 20,385 | 0.1% | 21.6% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 39,161 | 0.2% | 21.2% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,423 | 0.0% | 17.1% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 67.73 | 0.79% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 71.62 | 0.70% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,650 | 0.6% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 426 | 1.4% |
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The UK 100 called to open +11 points at 8,319. The UK 100 index is set to start today’s session about 11 points higher at 8320, having fallen by 0.5% on Friday.
Data out this morning showed China’s annual rate of inflation for November came in below forecasts at 0.2%, down from 0.3% in the previous month. The performance, which compared with estimates of 0.5%, followed the slowest rise in food prices in four months.
On Friday The S&P and Nasdaq rose to fresh records on Friday after November’s Non-Farm payrolls data came in slightly better than expected. The broad market S&P 500 climbed 0.25% to 6,090.27. Tech-heavy Nasdaq advanced 0.81% to 19,859.77. The Dow Jones slipped 123.19 points, or 0.28%, to close at 44,642.52.
Boohoo this morning notes the publication and recommendation from Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. that boohoo shareholders vote “AGAINST” the Resolutions at the General Meeting on 20 December, which seek Board representation for Frasers.
Vodafone Group announced that it had entered into a binding agreement to sell 100% of its Italian operations to Swisscom AG. Following the entry into force of the new UK Listing Rules on 29 July 2024, Vodafone released a further announcement on 30 September 2024 containing certain additional information.
Ashtead Downgraded to Hold by Deutsche Bank (15 Buy/ 4 Hold/ 1 Sell)
Frasers Group Downgraded to Equal weight by Deutsche Bank (6 Buy/ 1 Hold/ 0 Sell)
Spirax Upgraded to Overweight by Morgan Stanley (7 Buy/ 9 Hold/ 2 Sell)
Vodafone Downgraded to Neutral from Buy by Goldman (7 Buy/ 5 Hold/ 2 Sell)
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MongoDB
Oracle
UK
Ashtead
Moonpig Group
US
Gamestop
Chinese CPI
Chinese PPI
EU Sentix Investor Confidence
BoE’s Ramsden Speech
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 12th December 2024:
Associated British Foods
Smith (DS)
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 12th December 2024:
Sirius Real Estate
Ninety One
Investec
Cranswick
Patria Private Equity Trust
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust
TR Property Investment Trust
discoverIE Group
Personal Assets Trust
ZIGUP
Assura
Baltic Classifieds Group
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