London open: Stocks nudge up but BAT tumbles after update
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Published Dec 06, 2023 08:30
Updated Dec 06, 2023 08:41
London open: Stocks nudge up but BAT tumbles after update
Sharecast - At 0825 GMT, the FTSE 100 was up 0.1% at 7,497.19.
The ADP report for November is due at 1315 GMT. Before that, the S&P Global/CIPS UK construction PMI for November is at 0930 GMT.
CMC Markets analyst Michael Hewson said: "Today we get a look at the latest ADP payrolls report for November as an appetiser for Friday’s non-farm payrolls report. We are starting see increasing evidence that the US jobs market is starting to slow, with vacancies falling to their lowest level since March 2021 and with the last two ADP reports adding a combined 202k new jobs as private sector hiring slows.
"October saw 113k jobs added an improvement on September and November is expected to see an improvement on that to 130k, given that a lot of additional hiring takes place in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving and the Christmas period so we’re unlikely to see any evidence of cracking in the US labour market this side of 2024."
In equity markets, miners were among the top performers on the FTSE 100 as copper prices rose, with Anglo American (JO:AGLJ), Rio Tinto (LON:RIO), Glencore (LON:GLEN) and Antofagasta (LON:ANTO) all up.
Ocado (LON:OCDO) jumped to the top of the index after an upgrade to ‘neutral’ from ‘underweight’ at JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM).
Weir Group (LON:WEIR) gained after saying it is now targeting £60m in absolute savings by 2026, as part of its goal to reach an operating margin of 20% by the same year. It also confirmed that market conditions and its 2023 guidance remained unchanged, with the company on track to deliver an operating margin of 17%.
Travel giant Tui rallied as it said it expects a 25% rise in operating profit this year after 2023 earnings surged by more than double on the back of strong demand. It also announced a potential move of its stock market listing from London to Frankfurt.
On the downside, tobacco and nicotine giant British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) was under the cosh as it scaled back expectations for organic growth this year. The company said macroeconomic pressures in the US were impacting its combustibles performance and organic revenues are now expected to grow at the low end of the 3-5% guidance range at constant exchange rates.
BAT said it will take a non-cash adjusting impairment charge of around £25bn relating to some of its US combustibles brands.
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FTSE 100 (UKX) 7,497.19 0.10%
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Ocado Group (OCDO) 616.80p 3.14%
Weir Group (WEIR) 1,918.50p 2.90%
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M&G (MNG) 209.80p 1.21%
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British American Tobacco (BATS) 2,338.50p -5.99%
Diageo (LON:DGE) 2,779.50p -1.17%
Melrose Industries (LON:MRON) (MRO) 532.40p -0.71%
BP (LON:BP.) 469.15p -0.58%
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PZ Cussons (LON:PZC) 150.20p 2.32%
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Ceres Power Holdings (LON:CWR) 172.20p -4.60%
Premier Foods (PFD) 127.00p -2.76%
Diversified Energy Company (DEC) 1,305.40p -2.47%
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