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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Harbour Energy PLC | 320.6 | 7.1% |
| BP PLC | 488.0 | 6.5% |
| Entain PLC | 1,365.0 | 5.3% |
| Shell PLC | 2,382.5 | 4.8% |
| Glencore PLC | 514.9 | 3.6% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Airtel Africa PLC | 115.6 | -3.5% |
| Hargreaves Lansdown PLC | 808.4 | -3.4% |
| Vodafone Group PLC | 95.0 | -3.2% |
| St. James’s Place PLC | 1148.5 | -2.6% |
| Ocado Group PLC | 631.2 | -2.2% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,453 | 1.0% | 2.6% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 34,098 | 1.2% | -4.8% |
| DAX INDEX | 14,422 | 0.3% | -9.5% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 28,116 | 0.6% | -5.6% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,232 | 0.7% | -2.4% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 81.26 | 0.38% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 88.74 | 0.43% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,743 | 0.2% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 364 | 0.7% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +20 points this morning at 7472. The UK 100 looks set to open higher once again this morning following on from a strong rally both sides of the pond yesterday as oil prices rebounded. In focus today with be the federal reserve minutes. At the close the Dow Jones was up 398 points, or 1.18%, to 34,098, the S&P advanced 54 points, or 1.36%, to 4,004 and the Nasdaq jumped 150 points, or 1.36%, to 11,174.
Britvic report a FY pretax profit of £175.1m (2021: £134.6m profit) as they raise their FY dividend by 20% to 29p. They state that current trading remains robust and in line with expectations.
De La Rue reports a H1 pretax loss of £15.9m (2021: £10.9m profit) which is in line with July’s guidance. They guide their FY adjusted operating profit to be £30-33m, below £36m consensus.
Entain completes the acquisition of Croatia-based gaming and sportsbook operator SuperSport.
Glencore agree terms for sale and purchase of Glencore Cobar mine. They will receive $1.1bn and 1.5% net smelter return life of mine royalty from mine sale.
Halfords H1 pretax profit falls 54% to £29.3m from £64.3m YoY. They declare an unchanged 3p per share interim dividend.
Johnson Matthey reported a slightly lower HY profit as supply chain pressures constrained production volumes for the group’s automotive customers and as prices of precious metals softened. They reported a group underlying operating profit for the six months ended Sept 30th of £222m (2021: £297m profit).
Pets at Home reported a lower H1 profit hurt by a surge in freight and energy costs amid rising inflation. Their underlying profit before tax for the six months ended Oct 13th fell 9.3% to £59.2m.
United Utilities reports that their interim pretax profit grows to £426.3m (2021: £212.7m profit) as they declare a 15.17p per share interim dividend.
Bernstein Upgrades Glencore to Outperform from Market-perform (8 Buys / 2 Holds / 0 Sells)
Deutsche Bank Upgrades Sage Group to Hold from Sell (9 Buys / 6 Holds / 1 Sell)
Panmure Upgrades British Land to Buy from Hold (3 Buys / 8 Holds / 0 Sells)
Panmure Upgrades Land Securities to Buy from Hold (4 Buys / 10 Holds / 0 Sells)
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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
JPMorgan Global Growth & Income
Great Portland Estates
BlackRock World Mining Trust
Tate & Lyle
Witan Investment Trust
Kainos Group
Worldwide Healthcare Trust
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