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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Rentokil Initial PLC | 441.2 | 8.3% |
| London Stock Exchange Group PLC | 9,346.0 | 7.2% |
| Fresnillo PLC | 2,190.0 | 5.3% |
| BP PLC | 436.5 | 3.7% |
| Endeavour Mining PLC | 3,142.0 | 3.0% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Easyjet PLC | 479.5 | -2.8% |
| Ashtead Group PLC | 5,292.0 | -2.5% |
| Schroders PLC | 372.0 | -1.9% |
| Relx PLC | 3,448.0 | -1.7% |
| St. James’s Place PLC | 1,331.0 | -1.6% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year, not sorted |
| UK 100 INDEX | 9,579 | 0.7% | 16.0% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 46,754 | 0.4% | 10.0% |
| DAX INDEX | 24,208 | 0.2% | 24.9% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 48,642 | 1.4% | 27.5% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 9,033 | 0.0% | 10.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 61.69 | 5.45% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 65.91 | 5.30% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 4,120 | 0.5% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 509 | 1.9% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +15 Points this morning at 9,593. The UK 100 looks set to open slightly higher again this morning, having closed Thursdays session at a fresh all time closing high. Data out this morning showed consumer confidence edged up slightly in October, with GfK’s monthly index rising two points to -17.
Stateside yesterday saw The S&P rise, boosted by tech stocks, as investors stepped in to buy after a batch of strong earnings results. The broad market index climbed 0.58% to close at 6,738.44, while the Dow Jones traded up 144.20 points, or 0.31%, to finish at 46,734.61. The Nasdaq Composite outperformed, rising 0.89% to settle at 22,941.80, seeing support from the gains in names like Nvidia, Broadcom and Amazon. A nearly 3% jump in shares of fellow artificial intelligence player Oracle also helped send the market higher.
Asian markets are mixed this morning. Tokyo’s Nikkei is 1.3% higher, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng has gained 0.4% and the SSE Composite in Shanghai is trading 0.6% firmer.
NatWest Group has raised its forecasts for the year after posting another quarter of rising income and profit, helped by steady lending and firm customer activity across its businesses. The bank now expects to earn around £16.3 billion in income for 2025, excluding one-off items, and to achieve a return on tangible equity, a measure of how efficiently it turns capital into profit, of more than 18%. Both figures are higher than previously guided, reflecting what the lender described as “consistent delivery and capital generation”. NatWest also reported a sharp rise in assets under management, up 8.1% to £56 billion, driven by strong inflows into its investment and wealth businesses.
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Procter & Gamble Co (PG) PMO
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UK GfK Consumer Confidence
UK Retail Sales
German HCOB Composite PMI
ECB’s Cipollone speech
EU HCOB PMI
UK S&P Global PMI
US Consumer Price Index
ECB’s Nagel speech
US S&P Global PMI
Michigan Consumer Expectations Index
Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index
UoM 1-year Consumer Inflation Expectations
UoM 5-year Consumer Inflation Expectations
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 23rd October 2025:
BAE Systems
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 23rd October 2025:
PayPoint
Moonpig
Morgan Advance Materials
TBC Bank Group
Marshalls
JD Wetherspoon
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