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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Centrica PLC | 92.3 | 6.2% |
| Lloyds Banking Group PLC | 44.6 | 3.5% |
| Imperial Brands PLC | 2,105.0 | 2.5% |
| Natwest Group PLC | 252.7 | 2.4% |
| British Land Company PLC | 400.1 | 2.1% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Ocado Group | 655.4 | -9.7% |
| Hargreaves Lansdown PLC | 826.0 | -5.2% |
| Harbour Energy PLC | 318.7 | -4.5% |
| Halma PLC | 2252.8 | -4.1% |
| Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC | 11200.0 | -3.5% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,350 | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,305 | -0.7% | -7.3% |
| DAX INDEX | 14,256 | 0.2% | -12.8% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 27,931 | -0.4% | -5.9% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,136 | 0.2% | -3.3% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 83.66 | -2.25% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 91.61 | -1.35% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,760 | -0.8% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 369 | -2.2% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +16 points this morning at 7362. The UK 100 looks set to open higher this morning after Retail sales data showed volumes rose 0.6% in October, above expectations for an increase of 0.3%. In the US the Dow, S&P and Nasdaq all ended slightly lower in a subdued session as hawkish comments from a US Federal Reserve official and conflicting data as to the strength of the US economy saw investors pause for breath. At the close the Dow was down 6 points, to 33,547, the S&P fell 12 points, or 0.3%, to 3,947 and the Nasdaq dropped 39 points, or 0.35%, to 11,145, all three major indices bounced during the session, recovering early sharp losses.
BHP: OZ Minerals backs BHP’s revised offer of AUD28.25 per share with the offer valuing the company at AUD9.6bn.
Biffa’s CFO Richard Pike resigns to join DS Smith.
Bodycote says they are on track to meet FY expectations.
International Distribution Services: Royal Mail postal workers will strike for six days in the run-up to the busy Christmas period in a dispute over pay and conditions.
Legal & General says their global PRT business continues to perform “strongly” and their UK annuity portfolio is “highly resilient” to market moves. Their expectations for FY22 operating profit and capital generation remain unchanged. They note the UK Chancellor’s autumn statement as a “positive step forward”.
Rio Tinto terminates disputed agreements with Pentwater, SailingStone for Turquoise Hill offer.
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 24th November 2022:
Vodafone Group
British Land Company
Imperial Brands
National Grid
Land Securities Group
RS Group
Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 24th November 2022:
Diversified Energy Company
Urban Logistics REIT
3i Infrastructure
Volution Group
HICL Infrastructure
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Great Portland Estates
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Tate & Lyle
Witan Investment Trust
Kainos Group
Worldwide Healthcare Trust
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