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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| SEGRO PLC | 798.0 | 7.1% |
| LAND SECURITIES GROUP PLC | 568.8 | 5.9% |
| FLUTTER ENTERTAINMENT PLC-DI | 11,375.0 | 5.6% |
| OCADO GROUP PLC | 504.8 | 5.3% |
| HARGREAVES LANSDOWN PLC | 777.0 | 4.9% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 442.7 | -6.8% |
| SHELL PLC | 2289.5 | -2.4% |
| STANDARD CHARTERED PLC | 554.4 | -1.3% |
| COMPASS GROUP PLC | 1819.5 | -1.2% |
| HARBOUR ENERGY PLC | 371.0 | -1.1% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,013 | 0.0% | -3.6% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 31,837 | 1.1% | -11.0% |
| DAX INDEX | 13,053 | 0.9% | -17.2% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 27,432 | 0.7% | -5.8% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,811 | 0.2% | -8.5% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 84.62 | -0.82% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 92.51 | -1.08% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,663 | 0.6% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 343 | 0.9% |
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The UK 100 is called to open -13 points this morning at 7000. after falls after shares in Alphabet and Microsoft were sold off in after-hours business in the US taking the shine off another strong day for US markets. US markets forged ahead once more driven by falling Treasury yields and hopes that the aggressive rate rising stance of the Federal Reserve might soften in light of a series of soft US economic data. At the close the Dow Jones was up 338 points at 31,837, the S&P advanced 62 points to 3,859 and the Nasdaq rose 247 points to 11,199.
Barclays this morning announced a Q3 profit of £2bn before tax, with income of £6bn. Barclays are targeting a RoTE of greater than 10% in 2022. FY22 total operating expenses are expected to be in line with the outlook given at H122 results of around £16.7bn1, with a reduction in litigation and conduct charges of around £0.3bn broadly offset by headwinds from FX and other movements
Reckitt Benckiser today announced, group like-for-like (LFL) revenue growth of 7.4%. Group reported net revenue growth of 14.0%. The company said, that they had delivered another quarter of broad-based growth amidst challenging market conditions.
Standard Chartered The Group delivered a strong performance in the third quarter of 2022, generating an underlying return on tangible equity of 10.1 per cent with underlying profit before tax increasing 32 per cent. Income grew 22 per cent on a constant currency basis and excluding normalisation adjustments, with a continued strong performance in Financial Markets.
WPP said today that they have performed well in the third quarter, continuing the positive momentum built up through the first half of the year. Revenue in the third quarter was up 10.3% at £3.6 billion. On a constant currency basis, revenue was up 1.4% year-on-year. Like-for-like growth, excluding the impact of currency, acquisitions and disposals, was 2.7%.
Barclays
Softcat
Standard Chartered
C&C Group
Indivior
Shell
Lloyds Banking Group
US Durable Goods Orders
US Gross Domestic Product Annualized
US Nondefense Capital Goods Orders ex Aircraft
US New Home Sales
BoC Interest Rate Decision
Bank of Canada Monetary Policy Report
BoC Rate Statement
BoC Press Conference
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 27th October 2022:
Dechra Pharmaceuticals
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 27th October 2022:
Morgan Advanced Materials
Foresight Solar Fund
City of London Investment Trust
Balfour Beatty
Bankers Investment Trust
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