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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC | 3,616.0 | 5.3% |
| SEGRO PLC | 984.2 | 3.5% |
| CRODA INTERNATIONAL PLC | 6,780.0 | 3.1% |
| OCADO GROUP PLC | 805.4 | 2.6% |
| SPIRAX-SARCO ENGINEERING PLC | 10,320.0 | 1.9% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| HARBOUR ENERGY PLC | 316.2 | -9.6% |
| ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 79.1 | -8.6% |
| SHELL PLC | 2016.0 | -8.5% |
| ANGLO AMERICAN PLC | 2605.0 | -8.3% |
| GLENCORE PLC | 400.0 | -8.0% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,025 | -2.9% | -1.1% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 30,968 | -0.4% | -11.0% |
| DAX INDEX | 12,401 | -2.9% | -20.8% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 26,108 | -1.2% | -8.9% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,595 | -0.5% | -9.2% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 100.16 | 0.66% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 103.92 | 1.12% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,766 | 0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 335 | -2.0% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +50 points this morning at 7075. The UK 100 is seen slightly higher today following yesterdays near 3% drop and last nights shock resignations of both Chancellor Rishi Sunak and health secretary Sajid Javid, leaving British PM Boris Johnson, in a precarious political position. It was a mixed session on Wall Street yesterday after a wobble at the start of the session, the S&P and Nasdaq finished higher. The Nasdaq climbed 1.75% to 11,322.24 after opening the day sharply lower. The S&P rose 0.16% to 3,831.39 after being down more than 2% at session lows. The Dow Jones closed down 129.44 points, or 0.4%, at 30,967.82 but was down more than 700 points earlier.
ABRDN announces that it will commence a return of £300m through the repurchase of the Company's ordinary shares, with a first phase of up to £150m being undertaken by Goldman Sachs International.
AO World, online electricals retailer, announces its intention to conduct a placing of new ordinary shares of 0.25p each in the capital of the Company at a price of 43 pence per share. The new share placing intends to raise gross proceeds of approximately £40 million to provide the flexibility to capitalise on market opportunities.
Kier Group plc announces the appointment of Chris Browne as a non-executive director to its board of directors. The appointment will take effect on 15 September 2022.
REDDE NORTHGATE PLC this morning announced revenue growth of 12%, reflecting strong customer demand, recovery post-COVID in business volumes and traffic activity, and lower de-fleeting disposal activity and a final dividend of 15.0p, bringing total dividend to 21.0p reflecting the Board's confidence in Group outlook.
Topps Tiles said group sales in the third quarter were up 9.2% year on year, including the benefit of a full quarter of trading from Pro Tiler Tools. However like-for-like sales were 0.9% lower when compared to a very strong period of trading last year. Rob Parker, CEO, said they remain confident that the business will break even in the second half of the year and then move into profitability in FY23.
Trainline announced in the first four months of FY2023, Trainline's net ticket sales are up 16% versus the same period in FY2020 (pre-COVID). This performance reflects a faster than anticipated recovery in rail passenger volume across Europe - including a notable resurgence of inbound customers from the U.S. - as well as the benefit of Trainline increasing its investment in its International business.
Ocado*
Redde Northgate
Sequoia Economic Infrastructure*
Currys
Entain
Ferrexpo
Persimmon
Victrex
Watches of Switzerland
Wood Group
German Factory Orders s.a.
BoE's Pill speech
EU European Commission releases Economic Growth Forecasts
EU Retail Sales
German 10-y Bond Auction
US S&P Global Services PMI
US ISM Services PMI
US FOMC Minutes
FTSE 100:
Coca-Cola HBC AG
Next
British American Tobacco
AVEVA Group
JD Sports Fashion
FTSE 250:
Workspace Group
Sirius Real Estate
Paragon Banking Group
Big Yellow Group
Primary Health Properties
Murray International Trust
Safestore Holdings
ICG Enterprise Trust
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