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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Astrazeneca PLC | 12,436.0 | 11.2% |
| JD Sports Fashion PLC | 101.8 | 6.8% |
| GSK PLC | 1,671.5 | 6.2% |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC | 1,795.0 | 5.7% |
| Melrose Industries PLC | 630.8 | 3.6% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Babcock International Group PLC | 1,280.0 | -3.7% |
| Tesco PLC | 429.7 | -3.6% |
| Coca-Cola Hbc AG | 3,394.0 | -3.1% |
| Games Workshop Group PLC | 14,200.0 | -2.3% |
| Imperial Brands PLC | 3,091.0 | -2.1% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year, not sorted |
| UK 100 INDEX | 9,446 | 1.0% | 13.9% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 46,441 | 0.1% | 10.1% |
| DAX INDEX | 24,114 | 1.0% | 25.8% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 44,937 | 0.9% | 19.2% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,946 | 1.1% | 9.1% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 61.88 | 0.16% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 65.47 | 0.18% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 3,869 | 0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 493 | 0.9% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +40 points this morning at 9,486. The UK 100 index is set to continue, with futures trading pointing to a 0.3% rise at today’s opening bell. Gains of 11% for AstraZeneca and 6% for GSK last night helped London’s top flight rise by 1% or 96 points to an all-time high close of 9446.43.
The S&P closed at a record high on Wednesday as traders were hopeful that a U.S. federal government shutdown would be brief and possibly have little impact on the economy. The broad market index gained 0.34% to close at 6,711.20. Earlier, it had hit a new all-time intraday high. The Nasdaq rose 0.42% to settle at 22,755.16, while the Dow Jones traded up 43.21 points, or 0.09%, to finish at 46,441.10.
Asian stocks trade rise on Thursday, driven by expectations of an imminent shift in U.S. monetary policy. Tech shares led a rally across Asian stock indexes, while gold prices continued to hover near a record high, and the dollar remained weak.
Tesco today lifted profit guidance for the financial year after posting interim results ahead of City expectations. The group now sees an adjusted operating profit between £2.9 billion and £3.1 billion, an increase from the previous range of between £2.7 billion and £3 billion. The figure for the first six months of the year of £1.67 billion rose 1.5% on a year earlier, slightly ahead of the £1.6 billion forecast. UK market share rose 77 basis points to 28.4% as Tesco has now gained share for 28 consecutive four-week periods. Like-for-like sales rose 4.9% in the UK.
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 2nd October 2025:
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Weir Group
Smith & Nephew
F&C Investment Trust
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 2nd October 2025:
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Pantheon Infastructure
TP ICAP Group
Petershill Partners
Wickes Group
Hunting
Breedon Group
Morgan Sindall Group
Johnson Service Group
Bodycote
RIT Capital Partners
Law Debenture Group
Travis Perkins
Spectris
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