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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Prudential PLC | 1,085.5 | 5.3% |
| Haleon PLC | 295.0 | 1.2% |
| Severn Trent PLC | 2,759.0 | 0.9% |
| Auto Trader Group PLC | 580.0 | 0.8% |
| Astrazeneca PLC | 11,260.0 | 0.7% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Hargreaves Lansdown PLC | 854.4 | -2.0% |
| M&G PLC | 186.8 | -2.0% |
| Burberry Group PLC | 2124.0 | -1.9% |
| Persimmon PLC | 1276.5 | -1.5% |
| St. James’s Place PLC | 1168.0 | -1.4% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,568 | 0.2% | 4.6% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,947 | -1.4% | -3.6% |
| DAX INDEX | 14,448 | -0.6% | -6.1% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 27,886 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,291 | -0.5% | 0.6% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 77.64 | 0.92% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 83.51 | 1.00% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 1,771 | 0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 381 | 0.3% |
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The UK 100 is called to open -4 points this morning at 7563. The UK 100 looks set to open marginally lower this morning, taking lead from yesterdays session stateside, heavy falls in the US came after stronger-than-expected ISM services data that prompted fears about the US Federal Reserve’s rate hike trajectory again. At the close the Dow Jones was down 483 points, or 1.4%, to 33,947, the S&P slipped 73 points, or 1.8%, to 3,999 and the Nasdaq declined 222 points, or 2%, to 11,240.
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Ashtead reports a H1 pretax profit of $1.19bn, up 35% from $889.9m YoY. They have increased their H1 interim dividend by 20% to 15 cents, as they expect FY results to be above previous expectations.
Marston’s reports a FY22 pretax profit of £163.4m (2021: £171.1m loss). They state they’re well positioned to meet challenging market conditions.
Phoenix expects £1.2bn of incremental new business long-term cash generation in 2022, through organic growth. They are on track for 2022 cash generation of top end of £1.3-1.4bn range.
SSP report a FY22 pretax profit of £25.2m (2021: £411.2m loss).
Victrex reports a FY22 pretax profit of £95m (2021: £91.7m profit) as they remain mindful of uncertain macroeconomic outlook for 2023.
Credit Suisse Downgrades Mondi to Underperform from Outperform (6 Buys / 2 Holds / 0 Sells)
JP Morgan Downgrades Close Brothers to Underweight from Neutral (4 Buys / 4 Holds / 0 Sells)
JP Morgan Downgrades Lloyds to Neutral from Overweight (11 Buys / 4 Holds / 1 Sell)
JP Morgan Downgrades United Utilities to Neutral from Overweight (2 Buys / 8 Holds / 0 Sells)
JP Morgan Upgrades Barclays to Overweight from Neutral (9 Buys / 9 Holds / 0 Sells)
Ashtead
SSP Group
Victrex
Moonpig Group
Redde Northgate
Monks Investment Trust
Paragon Banking Group
Tritax Eurobox
UK BRC Like-For-Like Retail Sales
EcoFin Meeting
German Factory Orders s.a.
US Goods and Services Trade Balance
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 8th December 2022:
Intermediate Capital Group
JD Sports Fashion
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 8th December 2022:
Sirius Real Estate
Investec
Liontrust Asset Management
Energean
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust
Assura
Shaftesbury
Temple Bar Investment Trust
Johnson Matthey
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