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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Weir Group PLC | 2,430.0 | 6.3% |
| IMI PLC | 2,002.0 | 5.8% |
| Persimmon PLC | 1,205.0 | 4.7% |
| Rightmove PLC | 671.0 | 4.3% |
| Haleon PLC | 398.4 | 4.2% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| St. James’s Place PLC | 1,058.0 | -3.6% |
| Antofagasta PLC | 1,733.5 | -2.5% |
| Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC | 1,042.0 | -2.2% |
| Land Securities Group PLC | 564.5 | -2.0% |
| Howden Joinery Group PLC | 773.0 | -1.8% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| FTSE 100 INDEX | 8,810 | 0.6% | 14.7% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 43,841 | 1.4% | 12.2% |
| DAX INDEX | 22,551 | 0.0% | 27.2% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 37,785 | 1.7% | -5.3% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,246 | 0.9% | 6.5% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 69.90 | 0.20% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 72.95 | 0.19% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,865 | 0.2% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 455 | 0.1% |
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The UK 100 called to open +50 points at 8,859. Stocks in London are set to open higher on Monday, ahead of UK and US manufacturing PMI data scheduled for release today.
In Asia on Monday, the Nikkei 225 index in Tokyo was up 1.7%. In China, the Shanghai Composite was down 0.4%, while the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong was down 0.2%. The S&P/ASX 200 in Sydney closed up 0.9%.
Stocks managed to rise Friday to wrap up a volatile week and a losing month for the major averages. Friday's trading session saw a brief pullback after President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy clashed in the Oval Office, which raised concerns about heightened geopolitical risks. The S&P added 1.59% on Friday to close at 5,954.50. The Dow Jones rose 601.41 points, or 1.39%, closing at 43,840.91. The Nasdaq climbed 1.63% to settle at 18,847.28.
Bunzl has reported a slight decline in revenue on a reported basis for 2024. Revenue stood at £11.78bn ($14.91bn), a 0.2% decrease on a reported basis but up 3.1% at constant exchange rates. Adjusted operating profit increased by 7.2% at constant exchange rates to £976.1m ($1.23bn), while statutory operating profit rose 1.3 per cent to £799.3m ($1.01bn). Adjusted profit before income tax rose 6.2 per cent at constant exchange rates to £872.9m ($1.10bn). However, statutory profit before income tax fell by 3.6% to £673.6m ($852.7m), primarily due to a currency translation loss from Bunzl’s disposal of its Argentina business. Based on these figures, the company increased its annual dividend by 8.2% to 73.9p per share—the 32nd consecutive year of dividend growth.
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Fresnillo (FRES)
Greggs (GRG)
International Workplace Group (IWG)
Intertek (ITRK)
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CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) AMC
Chinese Caixin Manufacturing PMI
German HCOB Manufacturing PMI
EU Core Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices
US ISM Manufacturing Employment Index
US ISM Manufacturing New Orders Index
US ISM Manufacturing PMI
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HSBC Holdings
LondonMetric Property
Berkeley Group Holdings
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BBGI Global Infrastructure S.A.
Foresight Environmental Infrastructure
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Energean
Assura
HICL Infrastructure
Dr. Martens
Temple Bar Investment Trust
JPMorgan Global Growth & Income
Genus
Renishaw
Personal Assets Trust
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