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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Standard Chartered PLC | 1,571.0 | 3.6% |
| Airtel Africa PLC | 274.8 | 2.4% |
| Auto Trader Group PLC | 808.8 | 1.9% |
| Centrica PLC | 179.8 | 1.9% |
| GSK PLC | 1,783.0 | 1.8% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| WPP PLC | 302.5 | -16.1% |
| Jd Sports Fashion PLC | 95.0 | -3.4% |
| Whitbread PLC | 2,965.0 | -2.7% |
| Burberry Group PLC | 1,280.0 | -2.0% |
| Segro PLC | 701.8 | -1.7% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year, not sorted |
| UK 100 INDEX | 9,760 | 0.0% | 20.3% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 47,522 | 0.2% | 13.8% |
| DAX INDEX | 24,119 | 0.0% | 26.4% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 52,411 | 2.1% | 34.1% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,882 | 0.0% | 8.9% |
| Copper (Comex) | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 60.37 | 0.33% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | ||
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 4,016 | 0.2% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. |
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The UK 100 is called to open -20 points at 9740. The UK 100 looks set to open lower this morning, this follows a record close for the index on Thursday.
Data out this morning from lender Nationwide showed house prices unexpectedly rose 0.3% in October compared to no change expected by economists. That compares to a rise of 0.5% in September, so does indicate slowing momentum, though the upside surprise today is notable. On an annual basis prices rose 2.4%, ahead of an expected 2.3% rise.
U.S. stocks fell yesterday as investors digested a batch of Big Tech earnings, while a meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded. The S&P dipped 0.99% to finish the day at 6,822.34, while the Nasdaq dropped 1.57% to close at 23,581.14. The Dow Jones traded down 109.88 points, or 0.23%, to 47,522.12.
However, futures tied to the Dow Jones added 17 points, or 0.05%. S&P futures gained 0.5%, while Nasdaq 100 futures added 1%. Apple and Amazon posted quarterly results after market close Thursday, capping off a big week for tech results. Amazon shares rallied more than 13% after the e-commerce giant said its cloud computing unit’s revenue increased 20% in the third quarter, exceeding Wall Street’s estimates. Apple, meanwhile, rose about 3% on the back of its strong fiscal fourth-quarter earnings and forecast for the iPhone maker’s December quarter. Streaming leader Netflix added more than 3% after the company announced a 10-for-1 stock split.
Asian markets were mixed overnight, with the Nikkei 225 seeing strong gains while the Hang Seng and Shanghai Composite indexes fell. The Nikkei 225 surged by over 2.1% to a record high of 52,411.34. In contrast, the Hang Seng Index was down 1.09% to 25,996.13, and the Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.78% to 3,955.9939. The KOSPI index closed with a 0.68% gain, at 4,114.82.
Autotrader this morning announced that Catherine Faiers has informed the Board of her intention to step down as Chief Operating Officer in order to take up a CEO position at another UK listed company.
Fresnillo has agreed to acquire Canadian exploration company Probe for approximately CAD $780m (£424m) in an all-cash deal. Fresnillo said on Friday that the acquisition marked a “strategic entry into Canada” and the “prolific Val d’Or Mining camp” in Quebec, which has a long-standing history of gold mining and continued production growth. It also stated that it had added “a large resource base” of 10m ounces of gold, including 8m ounces of gold at its flagship project, Novador.
Raspberry Pi said chief financial officer Richard Boult would step down in the second half of 2026, after seven years in the job to “explore new challenges”. A formal search process has been started, the company said on Friday.
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AbbVie Inc (ABBV) PMO
Aon Plc (AON) PMO
Chevron Corp (CVX) PMO
Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM) PMO
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Palantir Tech Inc (PLTR) AMC
Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) AMC
Chinese NBS Manufacturing PMI
Chinese NBS Non-Manufacturing PMI
German Retail Sales
EU Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices
US Employment Cost Index
US Core Personal Consumption Expenditures
US Personal Income
US Personal Spending
US Chicago PMI
US Factory Orders
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 6th November 2025:
Unilever
Airtel Africa
HSBC Holdings
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 30th November 2025:
ME Group International
Genus
Ashmore Group
Galliford Try Holdings
Softcat
Goodwin
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