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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| AIRTEL AFRICA PLC | 114.1 | 5.8% |
| GSK PLC | 1,416.6 | 2.1% |
| CRH PLC | 3,114.0 | 2.1% |
| ASTRAZENECA PLC | 10,124.0 | 1.7% |
| RECKITT BENCKISER GROUP PLC | 5,678.0 | 1.5% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| HARBOUR ENERGY PLC | 374.0 | -5.1% |
| OCADO GROUP PLC | 470.2 | -5.1% |
| JD SPORTS FASHION PLC | 96.9 | -4.6% |
| RIO TINTO PLC | 4486.0 | -3.8% |
| INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINE-DI | 115.3 | -3.7% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,048 | -0.4% | -2.6% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 32,862 | 2.6% | -8.3% |
| DAX INDEX | 13,243 | 0.2% | -15.6% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 27,587 | 1.8% | -4.5% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 6,863 | 1.2% | -6.3% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 86.87 | -1.17% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 94.74 | -1.08% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,642 | -0.2% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 339 | -1.0% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +7 points this morning at 7053. The UK 100 expected to open marginally firmer on Monday as investors look ahead to a busy week of central bank interest rate announcements with the Bank of England and US Federal Reserve set to make their latest moves. Friday saw a strong performance in the US where stocks ended the week in a buoyant mood. The Dow closed Friday up 828 points, 2.6%, at 32,861, the Nasdaq Composite added 310 points, 2.9%, to 11, 102 and the S&P 500 jumped 94 points, 2.5%, to 3,901.
Bodycote appoints Ben Fidler as CFO, effective from May 1st 2023.
Glencore: Telsa are engaged in discussions with Glencore about taking a 10-20% stake in the Swiss-based miner and commodities trader.
International Distribution Services have been notified by the secretary of state that no further action is to be taken under the NSI act in relation to the potential increase by VESA of its shareholding in the company to more than 25%.
CitiGroup Downgrades Berkeley Group to Neutral from Buy (7 Buys / 4 Holds / 2 Sells)
Jefferies Upgrades Centrica to Buy from Hold (5 Buys / 4 holds / 0 Sells)
Jefferies Upgrades Drax Group to Buy from Hold (2 Buys / 2 Holds / 0 Sells)
RPT/Jefferies Upgrades Reckitt Benckiser to Hold from Underperform (8 Buys / 3 Holds / 2 Sells)
Airtel Africa
BP
IWG
Rentokil Initial
TP ICAP
Japanese Retail Trade
Chinese NBS Manufacturing PMI
Chinese Non-Manufacturing PMI
German Retail Sales
EU Gross Domestic Product s.a.
EU HICP
EU HICP-X F,E,A,T
Chicago Purchasing Managers' Index
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 27th October 2022:
None
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 27th October 2022:
Ashmore Group
GCP Infrastructure Investments
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund
Renishaw
Hilton Food Group
Edinburgh Investment Trust
European Opportunities Trust
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