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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC | 486.0 | 2.6% |
| BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO | 3,320.0 | 1.3% |
| ASTRAZENECA PLC | 9,935.0 | 1.1% |
| DIAGEO PLC | 36,975.0 | 1.0% |
| PERSHING SQUARE HOLDINGS | 2,650.0 | 0.6% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| JD SPORTS FASHION PLC | 89.2 | -10.3% |
| PERSIMMON PLC | 11385.0 | -6.2% |
| LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC | 39.1 | -5.8% |
| HARBOUR ENERGY PLC | 400.9 | -5.3% |
| B&M EUROPEAN VALUE RETAIL | 296.9 | -5.2% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 6,826 | -0.9% | -4.3% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 29,301 | 0.2% | -14.8% |
| DAX INDEX | 12,172 | -0.4% | -19.6% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 26,397 | 0.0% | -6.5% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,648 | 0.0% | -8.6% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 87.25 | -2.35% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 92.56 | -1.83% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1674 | 0.5% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 343 | -0.9% |
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The UK 100 is called to open -9 points this morning at 6814. UK 100 is called lower on Thursday as traders await this afternoon's key US inflation data (CPI data at 1:30pm), which may help shape the central bank's policy moves between now and the end of the year. The Fed said in their September minutes last night that policymakers are likely to press on with rate hikes in the short-term, but the pace of hikes might slow after December. The Dow & Nasdaq closed -0.1%, the S&P -0.3%. In Asia Nikkei closed -0.5%, Shanghai 0% and Hang Seng -0.9%.
EasyJet have forecast they will post a headline annual loss before tax of between £170-190m after cancelled flights in spring offset a strong summer season.
Entain expects their FY22 EBITDA to be in line with previous guidance of £925-975m. They state that the expected FY22 EBITDA represents 5-10% growth v FY21.
GlaxoSmithKline says their RSV vaccine for 60+ year olds shows 83% vaccine efficacy.
Hays report that client and candidate activity had slowed in some markets because of macroeconomic uncertainties, after posting a rise in Q1 net fees. Net fees grew at a slower pace of 19% in the quarter ended Sept 30th, compared with a 36% rise a year earlier.
Morgan Stanley Downgrades DS Smith to Equal Weight from Overweight (7 Buys / 3 Holds / 0 Sells)
Morgan Stanley Upgrades Mondi to Overweight from Equal Weight (6 Buys / 1 Hold / 0 Sells)
Morgan Stanley Upgrades Smurfit Kappa to Overweight from Equal Weight (4 Buys / 1 Hold / 0 Sells)
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US IMF Meeting
German Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices
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US Initial Jobless Claims
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 13th October 2022:
Taylor Wimpey
WPP
Spirax-Sarco Engineering
Tesco
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 13th October 2022:
Howden Joinery Group
NCC Group
Close Brothers Group
JPMorgan Emerging Markets Invest Trust
Balanced Commercial Property Trust
Ruffer Investment Company
Primary Health Properties
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