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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Fresnillo PLC | 2,242.0 | 2.1% |
| Sainsbury (J) PLC | 322.8 | 1.6% |
| Croda International PLC | 2,556.0 | 1.6% |
| Glencore PLC | 310.6 | 1.2% |
| Mondi PLC | 1,007.5 | 1.1% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Haleon PLC | 339.7 | -4.8% |
| WPP PLC | 383.6 | -3.5% |
| Easyjet PLC | 457.2 | -3.3% |
| Prudential PLC | 1,002.5 | -2.7% |
| Barclays PLC | 374.9 | -2.6% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 9,196 | 0.9% | 10.7% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 45,758 | 0.3% | 10.0% |
| DAX INDEX | 23,329 | 1.8% | 24.6% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 44,859 | 0.1% | 23.7% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,819 | 0.7% | 8.3% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 64.35 | -0.26% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 68.29 | -0.26% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 3,676 | -0.4% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 467 | -0.5% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +17 points this morning at 9,212. The UK 100 looks set to open slightly higher this morning, recovering some of yesterdays decline, data out this morning showed the UK’s inflation rate stayed at 3.8% in August, the Office for National Statistics said. The figure is in line with City expectations, having risen to the highest level since January 2024 in the previous month’s release. The core inflation rate fell to 3.6% from July’s 3.8%.
The UK and the US have struck a tech deal that could bring billions of pounds of investment to the UK as President Donald Trump arrived for his second state visit. The pact will see the UK and US co-operate in areas including artificial intelligence, quantum computing and nuclear power. It comes alongside £31 billion of investment in Britain from America’s top technology companies, including 30 billion dollars (£22 billion) from Microsoft.
Stateside yesterday saw stocks edged slightly lower as investors took some profits ahead of a highly-awaited Federal Reserve interest rate decision. The S&P traded 0.13% lower to close at 6606.76, after hitting a fresh record earlier in the session. The Nasdaq lost 0.07% to finish the session at 22,333.96. The Dow Jones dropped 125.55 points, or 0.27%, to close at 45,757.90. Key bull market leaders declined, with shares of Nvidia and Microsoft losing 1.6% and 1.2%, respectively. Palantir and Google parent Alphabet also pulled back.
Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday as investors bided their time ahead of an expected US interest rate cut later in the day. The Nikkei 225 has fallen 0.4% but the Hang Seng index is 1.7% higher.
Barratt Redrow raised its annual dividend on Wednesday, after reporting a 34% surge in revenue following the merger with Redrow last year. The company, which is reporting annual results for the combined group for the first time since the deal closed in October last year, reported revenue of 5.58 billion pounds ($7.61 billion), compared with 4.17 billion pounds a year earlier. Chief executive David Thomas said the past year’s was “a solid performance in a tough market, with adjusted profits ahead of expectations despite home completions coming in slightly below our guided range”. The housing market “remains challenging” and the board anticipates “limited growth” in the new financial year. Based on the reservation activity seen since the start of the new year, total home completions of 17,200-17,800 are expected, compared to 16,565 in the past year.
GSK today announced plans to invest $30 billion across the United States in research and development and supply chain infrastructure over the next five years. The plan includes new $1.2 billion investment in manufacturing facilities, AI and advanced digital technologies, a move creating hundreds of US jobs. GSK said the new facilities will bridge R&D and manufacturing across both the US and UK, strengthening the two countries’ leadership in life sciences.
UK
Moonpig Group (MOON)
Barratt Redrow (BTRW)
US
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UK
Next (NXT)
Renishaw (RSW)
US
FedEx (FDX) AMC
UK Consumer Price Index
UK Retail Price Index
ECB’s President Lagarde speech
EU Index of Consumer Prices
ECB’s Cipollone speech
US Building Permits
US Housing Starts
ECB’s Nagel speech
Fed Interest Rate Decision
Fed Monetary Policy Statement
FOMC Economic Projections
US Interest Rate Projections
FOMC Press Conference
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 18th September 2025:
Unite Group
Centrica
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 18th September 2025:
Foresight Group Holdings
IG Group Holdings
Energean
Bridgepoint Group
Rank Group
PPHE Hotel Group
Crest Nicholson Holdings
Gamma Communications
International Workplace Group
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