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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| ANTOFAGASTA PLC | 1,143.5 | 3.5% |
| STANDARD CHARTERED PLC | 596.0 | 3.3% |
| PERSHING SQUARE HOLDINGS LTD | 2,845.0 | 3.1% |
| EXPERIAN PLC | 2,693.0 | 2.8% |
| DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC | 3,264.0 | 2.6% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| MELROSE INDUSTRIES PLC | 126.1 | -8.4% |
| ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC | 1351.0 | -7.2% |
| B&M EUROPEAN VALUE RETAIL SA | 344.5 | -4.9% |
| TESCO PLC | 238.9 | -4.2% |
| SAINSBURY (J) PLC | 198.5 | -4.1% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,267 | 0.4% | 1.9% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 31,762 | 0.6% | -9.3% |
| DAX INDEX | 12,935 | 0.2% | -17.3% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 28,065 | 2.3% | -7.0% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,849 | 1.8% | -8.8% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 83.26 | 1.61% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 88.77 | 0.88% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,709 | -0.6% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 351 | 2.3% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +21 points this morning at 7282. The UK 100 is expected to open higher on Friday following gains in the US on Thursday and better than expected inflation figures in China pushed Asian markets higher overnight as well. However, the mood and activity will remain sombre as the nation mourns the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The Dow Jones closed 193 points higher, or 0.61%, at 31,774, the S&P gained 26 points, or 0.66%, to 4,006 and the Nasdaq rose by 70 points, or 0.6%, to end the day at 11,862.
ASOS today issued an update on trading for the 12 months ended 31 August 2022. Full-year sales, adjusted PBT and net debt are anticipated to be in the range of market expectations. However, after having seen good growth in June and July, sales in August were weaker than anticipated. This reflected the impact of accelerating inflationary pressures on consumers and a slow start to Autumn/Winter shopping. Profit is anticipated to be around the bottom end of company guidance, with constant currency sales growth of c.2% and net debt c. £150m.
Computercenter this morning delivered results, they said they had seen strong trading performance over the six months to 30 June 2022 which they believe continues to demonstrate the resilience of our business model. Revenue increased 16.0% however, as indicated in previous trading Update, profit before tax for the first half of the year was behind 2021 figures.
Computercenter
Abcam
Greencoat
SigmaRoc
Associated British Foods
Eurogroup Meeting
Chinese Consumer Price Index
Chinese Producer Price Index
EcoFin Meeting
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 15th September 2022:
Unite Group
Intertek Group
Melrose Industries
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 15th September 2022:
TBC Bank Group
Balanced Commercial Property Trust
International Public Partnerships
Energean
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