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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Bt Group PLC | 116.3 | 2.1% |
| Centrica PLC | 92.0 | 1.6% |
| Admiral Group PLC | 2,085.0 | 1.6% |
| Bae Systems PLC | 834.2 | 1.6% |
| Compass Group PLC | 1,925.0 | 1.4% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Airtel Africa PLC | 113.9 | -3.0% |
| International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. | 131.3 | -2.9% |
| Anglo American PLC | 3,132.5 | -2.3% |
| Rio Tinto PLC | 5,622.0 | -2.2% |
| Taylor Wimpey PLC | 102.3 | -1.9% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,496 | -0.1% | 4.5% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,966 | -0.4% | -5.5% |
| DAX INDEX | 14,460 | -0.3% | -6.6% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 28,052 | -0.4% | -1.4% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,205 | -0.6% | -1.7% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 76.59 | -0.89% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 82.08 | -0.75% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,793 | -0.8% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 383 | -1.4% |
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The UK 100 is called to open -30 points this morning at 7465. The UK 100 looks set to open lower on Thursday after the Federal Reserve signalled more rate rises were on the way and as investors look ahead to rate calls by the Bank of England & the ECB today. US markets closed lower after the Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell signalled more data was needed before the central bank would meaningfully change its view of inflation. At the close the Dow Jones was down 143 points, or 0.42%, to 33,966. the S&P fell 24 points, or 0.61%, to 3,995 and the Nasdaq dropped 86 points, or 0.76%, to 11,171.
AstraZeneca states that the US FDA has extended the prescription drug user fee act by three months for Lynparza.
Currys reports a H1 FY22 pretax loss of £548m swinging from a profit of £48m YoY.
Drax expects their 2022 adjusted EBITDA slightly above top of range of analyst expectations.
Hunting says their 2022 trading and financial results remain in line with market expectations.
Serco reported a 2022 underlying trading profit of around £235m, up £5m on previous guidance. They state that 2023 underlying trading profit to be similar to 2022 at £235m.
Goldman Sachs Upgrades Big Yellow Group to Buy from Neutral (3 Buys / 8 Holds / 0 Sells)
Goldman Sachs Upgrades Great Portland to Buy from Neutral (6 Buys / 4 Holds / 1 Sell)
Goldman Sachs Upgrades Land Securities to Neutral from Sell (5 Buys / 9 Holds / 0 Sells)
Investec Downgrades Aviva to Hold from Buy (6 Buys / 7 Holds / 0 Sells)
Investec Upgrades Phoenix Group to Buy (6 Buys / 6 Holds / 1 Sell)
JP Morgan places Clarkson and IAG on positive catalyst watch
JP Morgan Upgrades Clarkson to Overweight from Neutral (4 Buys / 1 Hold / 0 Sells)
Currys*
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EU leaders summit
Chinese Retail Sales
Bank of England Minutes
BoE Asset Purchase Facility
BoE Interest Rate Decision
BoE MPC Vote Rate Unchanged
UK Monetary Policy Summary
ECB Monetary Policy Decision Statement
ECB Rate On Deposit Facility
US Initial Jobless Claims
US Retail Sales
ECB Press Conference
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 15th December 2022:
Associated British Foods
Burberry Group
Smith (DS)
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 15th 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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