FTSE 100 Commentary

Fri, 5th Aug 2022 15:00

At 15:00 PM, the FTSE 100 Index was up by 6.93 at 7454.99 points, a movement of 0.09%, showing a slight rise in the market.

Rs Group (RS1) was a much traded share, with roughly £1,624.3m (0.311%) worth of shares being bought and sold.

Overall, 26.00% of the companies in the FTSE 100 Index were up, and 73.00% were down; giving a negative summary of the day so far.

Investors favourites include Hargreaves Lansdown (HL.) which rose 6.04%, Rs Group (RS1) rising 3.12% and Vodafone (VOD) which increased 2.65%. The majority of rising shares came from the Telecommunications and Aerospace sector(s).

The biggest risers were as follows:

• Hargreaves Lansdown (HL.) +51.00 (6.04%)
• Rs Group (RS1) +33.00 (3.12%)
• Vodafone (VOD) +3.14 (2.65%)
• Lon.stk.exch (LSEG) +208.00 (2.55%)
• BT (BT.A) +3.50 (2.24%)
• British American Tobacco (BATS) +59.50 (1.85%)
• Astrazeneca (AZN) +144.00 (1.34%)
• Airtel Africa (AAF) +1.90 (1.27%)
• Pershing Square Holdings (PSH) +30.00 (1.11%)

In the fallers list were WPP (WPP) which fell -6.38%, Dechra (DPH) losing -5.13% and Mondi (MNDI) which dropped -4.19%. The majority of falling shares came from the undefined, Brokerage Services and Industrials sector(s).

The lowest fallers were as follows:

• WPP (WPP) -57.00 (-6.38%)
• Dechra (DPH) -194.00 (-5.13%)
• Mondi (MNDI) -64.00 (-4.19%)
• JD Sports (JD.) -4.55 (-3.40%)
• Next (NXT) -228.00 (-3.40%)
• Taylor Wimpey (TW.) -4.10 (-3.21%)
• Croda International (CRDA) -222.00 (-3.04%)
• Smurfit Kappa (SKG) -92.00 (-2.97%)
• Smith (DS) (SMDS) -8.60 (-2.96%)