Londýn na poludnie: Akcie rastú pred americkým PPI
London stocks had popped higher by midday on Thursday, helped along by well-received updates from the likes of Aviva a Spirax, but gains were muted as investors eyed another US inflation reading.
FTSE 100 vzrástol o 0.2 % na 8,049.80 XNUMX.
The US producer price index for October is due for release at 1330 GMT.
Ipek Ozkardeskaya, hlavný analytik spoločnosti Banka Swissquote, povedal: "Očakáva sa, že údaje budú v októbri poukazovať na zvýšenie cien na bráne závodu. Hlavný PPI sa v októbri vráti z 1.8 % na 2.3 % a hlavný PPI z 2.8 % na 3 %. A nie zabudnite, že v týchto číslach sú zložky, ktoré sa podieľajú na indexe PCE Fedu.
"Preto, aj keď sú tieto čísla v súlade s očakávaniami, mali by varovať, že zníženie o 25 bázických bodov od Fedu pravdepodobne nie je správna vec. Nehovorím, že to Fed neurobí. Len hovorím, že to asi nie je správna vec.“
Účastníci trhu tiež očakávali zverejnenie údajov o HDP Spojeného kráľovstva za tretí štvrťrok v piatok.
Na akciových trhoch, Aviva vzrástla, pretože v treťom štvrťroku ocenila „veľmi silný“ výkon s dvojcifernými ziskami vo všeobecnom poistnom, predaji životného poistenia a dôchodkového zabezpečenia a čistých tokoch bohatstva.
Spirax was also up as it left its full-year outlook unchanged after increasing organic sales across all three of its businesses in the third quarter, but warned of a slight impact on results from currency movements.
Skupina 3i posunula vyššie, pretože zdôraznila „dobrú“ finančnú výkonnosť v prvom polroku s celkovým výnosom 2.05 miliardy libier alebo 10 % pri otvorení fondov akcionárov.
B&M European Value Retail tiež získala, keď zopakovala svoj celoročný výhľad po tom, čo polročné tržby vzrástli.
United Utilities advanced as it said revenues topped the £1bn mark in its first half after a "robust" performance, though headline profits dropped due to a higher net finance expense.
Burberry surged to the top of the FTSE 250 as the luxury goods brand launched a review of the business in an "urgent" effort to turnaround its struggling fortunes after slumping to a £80m half-year loss driven by plunging sales in its key Chinese market.
New chief executive Joshua Schulman said "Burberry forward" would target £40m in savings and focus on "reconnecting our brand with its original purpose", mainly by targeting the outerwear market.
FirstGroup jumped as the bus and rail operator said it was buying back an extra £50m in shares and lifted its full-year forecast after a strong performance in the first half of the year.
Nevýhodou je, Keller Group slumped as the geotechnical specialist contractor said it remained on track to deliver a full-year performance in line with expectations but pointed to weak activity levels in Europe.
WH Smith was in the red even as the retailer reported a jump in full-year profit and revenue, hailing a particularly strong performance from the UK travel business and over the summer.
Russ Mould, investičný riaditeľ v A. J. Bell, said: "Relatively modest growth in the key North American market and underlying earnings per share, as well as revenue a smidge below consensus expectations from WH Smith seems to have disappointed investors.
"The full-year results were also a tad messy with fairly significant non-recurring costs, including impairments linked to software and supply chain upgrades and provisions for loss-making contracts, affecting the headline figures.
"Performance followed the same trend of the last decade, with the travel arm the engine of growth and the high street operation running to a standstill. There continues to be a focus on making efficiencies.
"Selling travel essentials to captive audiences at airports and rail stations has been a highly lucrative activity for WH Smith, except during the pandemic, but today’s numbers are a reminder the company is not immune to a bit of turbulence along the way."
Inde Lancashire Holdings, Sainsbury a Bunzl boli všetky v mínuse, keďže obchodovali bez nároku na dividendu.
Trhovníci
FTSE 100 (UKX) 8,049.80 0.24%
FTSE 250 (MCX) 20,422.81 0.31%
techMARK (TASX) 4,615.39 -0.03%
FTSE 100 - stúpačky
Aviva (AV.) 476.70p 4.84%
Spirax Group (SPX) 6,640.00p 4.24%
3i skupina (III) 3,469.00p 4.17%
B&M European Value Retail SA (DI) (BME) 393.80p 3.69%
United Utilities Group (UU.) 1,083.50p 3.34%
Centrica (CNA) 122.20p 3.12%
informácie (INF) 849.80p 2.76%
BP (BP.) 377.60p 2.04%
Severn Trent (SVT) 2,627.00p 1.66%
SEGRO (SGRO) 766.60p 1.56%
FTSE 100 - Fallers
Convatec Group (CTEC) 246.80p -3.74%
Fresnillo (FRES) 614.50p -3.00%
Weir Group (WEIR) 2,108.00p -2.50%
Experian (EXPN) 3,703.00p -1.65%
Sainsbury (J) (SBRY) 239.20p -1.64%
Anglo American (AAL) 2,196.00p -1.61%
DCC (CDI) (DCC) 5,370.00p -1.56%
Croda International (CRDA) 3,527.00p -1.48%
Glencore (GLEN) 371.20p -1.41%
Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) 2,050.00p -1.35%
FTSE 250 - stúpačky
Burberry Group (BRBY) 854.40p 16.82%
Kier Group (KIE) 145.20p 4.46%
Wizz Air Holdings (WIZZ) 1,478.00p 4.16%
Prvá skupina (FGP) 142.10p 3.87%
4Skupina odtlačkov (XNUMX) 5,320.00p 3.30%
Holding Raspberry PI (RPI) 339.10p 2.63%
Dr. Martens (DOCS) 55.65p 2.39%
Pennon Group (PNN) 539.50p 2.08%
Len skupina (JUST) 138.40p 2.06%
Grainger (GRI) 225.50p 2.04%
FTSE 250 - Fallers
Keller Group (KLR) 1,432.00p -12.47%
Lancashire Holdings Limited (LRE) 598.00p -9.67%
Hochschild Mining (HOC) 203.00p -5.36%
Centamin (DI) (CEY) 136.70p -3.39%
Wood Group (John) (WG.) 51.85p -3.36%
WH Smith (SMWH) 1,264.00p -2.84%
Endeavour Mining (EDV) 1,494.00p -2.80%
Fidelity Emerging Markets Limited Ptg NPV (FEML) 675.00p -2.47%
NextEnergy Solar Fund Limited Red (NESF) 72.10p -2.04%
The Renewables Infrastructure Group Limited (TRIG) 91.20p -1.94%