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Philip Bowcock, boss of bookie William Hill, is leaving after three years in
charge. He is replaced by the group’s chief digital officer, Ulrik Bengtsson.Unilever ................................5179.0 -128.0
United Utilities ...................807.8 -2.4
Vodafone ...............................153.7 -3.2
Reach PLC ...............................91.4 +1.5Rentokil Initial ....................457.4 +0.5
Rio Tinto .............................4220.5 +13.0
Rolls-Royce ..........................776.2 +7.2
Royal Dutch Shell B ........2279.0 -1.0
Royal Mail .............................222.3 +4.9
RSA ..........................................522.8 +8.1
RBS ...........................................190.5 +6.4
J Sainsbury .........................200.8 +0.9
SSE ..........................................1168.5 -0.5
Severn Trent .....................2062.0 +7.0
Serco.........................................147.1 +0.3
Sports Direct .......................254.8 +11.6
Smith & Nephew ..............1945.0 -33.0
Smiths WH .........................2026.0 +43.0
Stagecoach ...........................126.9 -0.7
Standard Chartered .........645.8 +2.4
Standard Life
Aberdeen ..............................250.5 +2.3
TalkTalk ...................................103.6 +0.6
Taylor Wimpey ......................151.8 +3.6
Tesco .......................................229.3 +1.8
Thomas Cook ...........................5.7 +0.2Ferguson .............................6416.0 +52.0
GlaxoSmithKline ...............1701.8 -43.4
Halfords ..................................165.6 -3.7
Hays ..........................................147.0 +0.7
HSBC .......................................598.8 -5.3
Imperial Brands ...............2142.5 -4.5
International Airlines
Grp ............................................431.6 +7.4
ITV ..............................................121.2 +4.8
Kingfisher ..............................198.9 +3.9
Land Securities ..................764.4 +0.8
Legal & General ..................232.2 +8.0
Lloyds .......................................50.0 +0.4
Marks & Spencer ................196.5 +3.4
Morrison .................................186.2 +1.1
National Grid .......................845.3 -21.4
Next .......................................6144.0 +144.0
Ocado ....................................1331.5 -0.5
Pearson .................................845.8 -1.0
Prudential ..........................1423.0 +25.5
Reckitt Benckiser ...........6403.0 -96.0
RELX ......................................1940.0 -58.0Anglo American ...............1836.0 +18.0
AB Foods ............................2370.0 +4.0
Admiral Group ..................2067.0 +35.0
AstraZeneca .......................7191.0 -200.0
Aviva PLC ..............................364.4 +9.0
BAE Systems........................563.4 +6.4
BAT .........................................2910.0 +5.5
Balfour Beatty ....................222.6 +2.0
Barclays..................................139.8 +2.5
BHP Group ..........................1750.6 -55.8
BR Land Co ............................521.8 +5.0
BP .............................................507.0 0.0
BT ...............................................167.7 +1.3
Capita Group ........................134.6 +3.4
Carnival ..............................3473.0 +3.0
Centrica ....................................69.1 -0.8
Compass ............................2080.0 -57.0
Diageo .................................3489.0 -121.0
Direct Line ............................284.3 +4.4
Dixons Carphone .................115.5 +6.1
Easyjet ...................................940.4 +12.4
Ei Group ..................................281.4 0.0FTSE 100 down^ 40.1^ at^ 7271.2 Oil = $61.92 Holiday £yyyyyyyy
Euro......................................... 1.080
Australian Dollar ...................... 1.740
Bulgarian Lev .......................... 2.016
Canadian Dollar ........................1.563
Croatian Kuna........................... 7.671
Czech Koruna ......................... 26.791
Egyptian Pound ...................... 17.528
New Zealand Dollar .................. 1.792
Polish Zloty ............................. 4.467
South African Rand ................ 17.364
Swiss Franc .............................. 1.164
Thai Baht ................................35.184
Turkish Lira ............................. 6.481
UAE Dirham ............................. 4.315
US Dollar ................................... 1.191Online fashion firm Boohoo will
have struggling rival ASOS close
to tears by revealing it’s on track
for better than expected results.
Manchester-based Boohoo
said the first half of the year had
gone so well it reckons annual
sales will jump by between 33%
and 38% – compared with its
previous 25% to 30% forecast.
Profit margins will remain
around 10% as it invests money
back into the business.
Meanwhile, ASOS is reeling
from its third profit warning in
eight months, after being
hampered by growing pains in
markets abroad.
Boohoo’s stock market value is
now £3.2billion after its share
price soared 15% to a record high
yesterday. ASOS is worth just
under £2bn.But it’s not all bad news...
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Dixons Carphone saw mobile sales tumble another 10% in
the 13 weeks to late July. The owner of Currys, PC World
and Carphone Warehouse has been hit by customers keeping
handsets for longer or opting for SIM-only deals.
However, the firm’s electricals sales rose 2%. Demand for
washing machines and computer tablets offset a drop in sales of
large-screen TVs.Shop, car sales and jobs data point to downturn
Perfect storm for
autumn recession
THE economic forecast is
looking bleaker after a triple
whammy of setbacks.
Latest figures on the high street,
car sales and the jobs market added
to fears the UK could be heading
for a recession.
And it follows gloomy data
from the construction,
manufacturing and service
sectors earlier this week.
Sales on the already
battered high street
dipped 0.1% last month,
said business advisory group BDO in
a report out today.
The drop is even more worrying
as it compares with a dire August in
2018, when sales were down 2.7%.
BDO said last month ended with
a “calamitous” fall in sales in the final
week, as the hot weather saw
shoppers shun the high street.
Another study out today shows
the number of people gettingpermanent
jobs has fallen at
the fastest rate for
three years.
Brexit uncertainties have
seen many firms put hiring
plans on hold, said report
authors accountancy firm
KPMG and the Recruitment &
Employment Confederation.
Demand for temporary staff has
also weakened, it said, with recruit-
ment firms reporting the slowest
increase in overall job vacancies
since January 2012. The jobs markethad defied many expert fore-
casts until now, with record
numbers of people in work
and the lowest unemploy-
ment rate since 1974.
Neil Carberry, chief
executive of the REC, said: “The
first priority should be avoiding a
damaging no-deal Brexit and giving
some stability back to British
businesses, so they can drive the
prosperity of the whole country.”
New car sales figures out yesterday
revealed the continuation of a down-
ward trend with vehicles shifted
falling by 1.6% in August compared
to the same month last year.
Demand for diesels dived for the
29th month running, down 12.2%,
according to the Society of Motor
Manufacturers and Traders.
However, August is one of the
quietest months of the year for
sales, and demand for zero-emission
cars rocketed.6
Transport group Go-Ahead saw annual
profits tumble by a third after losing the
London Midland rail franchise.
The bus and train giant made £97million in
the year to June 29.
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