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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Haleon PLC | 316.2 | 3.4% |
| Rio Tinto PLC | 5,780.0 | 2.9% |
| Fresnillo PLC | 885.4 | 2.2% |
| Pershing Square Holdings LTD | 2,885.0 | 1.9% |
| Hargreaves Lansdown PLC | 850.4 | 1.8% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Frasers Group PLC | 814.5 | -9.0% |
| London Stock Exchange Group PLC | 7380.0 | -6.4% |
| Intermediate Capital Group PLC | 1157.0 | -4.9% |
| Bt Group PLC | 112.6 | -3.7% |
| Airtel Africa PLC | 116.8 | -3.6% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,472 | -0.2% | 2.1% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,781 | 0.6% | -5.5% |
| DAX INDEX | 14,265 | 0.0% | -8.8% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 27,901 | 1.2% | -2.9% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,213 | 0.5% | -2.3% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 71.95 | 0.69% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 76.66 | 0.67% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,794 | 0.3% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 392 | 1.0% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +26 points this morning at 7498. The UK 100 looks set to challenge breaking through 7500 again this morning following gains on Wall Street yesterday, the S&P broke its five-day losing streak and other US markets moved higher as an increase in weekly jobless claims numbers was taken as a sign that the pace of interest rate hikes could soon slow. At the close the Dow Jones was up 184 points, or 0.55%, to 33,781, the S&P jumped 30 points, or 0.75%, to 3,964 and the Nasdaq rose 123 points, or 1.1%, to 11,082.
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Anglo American says their production is down 3% sue to lower production from Kumba and PGMs. Their capex of $5.7bn was lower due to supply chain disruption which they’ve blamed on geopolitically-led economic volatility.
Associated British Foods reiterated a November forecast that profit would fall in its 2022-23 financial year due to input cost inflation and dollar strength. They state that Primark trading has been “encouraging” in the year so far.
AstraZeneca notes “encouraging” results in phase I datopotamab deruxtecan trial.
Berkeley Group report a H1 pretax profit of £284.8m, down 2% from £290.7m YoY. Their robust results reflect long-term operating strength amid uncertainty. They state there is enduring appeal for high-quality London and South East homes.
Glencore has scrapped plans for a huge coal mine in Queensland, Australia due to global uncertainties.
Shell: The sale of Shell Plc and Exxon Mobil Corp oil-production joint venture in California has been pushed back to Q1 of next year for US regulatory approvals.
JP Morgan Downgrades Assura Group to Neutral from Overweight (5 Buys / 3 Holds / 0 Sells)
JP Morgan Downgrades Londonmetric Property to Neutral from Overweight (5 Buys / 5 Holds / 0 Sells)
JP Morgan Upgrades Workspace to Overweight from Neutral (4 Buys / 2 Holds / 0 Sells)
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 13th December 2022:
Associated British Foods
Burberry Group
Smith (DS)
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 13th December 2022:
MITIE Group
Cranswick
discoverIE Group
Balanced Commercial Property Trust
TR Property Investment Trust
Tritax EuroBox GBP
Redde Northgate
Baltic Classifieds Group
Hipgnosis Songs Fund
Templeton Emerging Markets IT
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