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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Easyjet PLC | 499.4 | 3.0% |
| Antofagasta PLC | 2,758.0 | 2.5% |
| Fresnillo PLC | 2,634.0 | 1.9% |
| British American Tobacco PLC | 4,421.0 | 1.9% |
| BP PLC | 454.2 | 1.6% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Whitbread PLC | 2,490.0 | -11.5% |
| Burberry Group PLC | 1,139.5 | -2.9% |
| Sainsbury (J) PLC | 322.2 | -2.1% |
| Mondi PLC | 868.0 | -1.4% |
| 3I Group PLC | 3,158.0 | -1.2% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year, not sorted |
| UK 100 INDEX | 9,721 | 0.3% | 17.3% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 47,716 | 0.6% | 6.3% |
| DAX INDEX | 23,837 | 0.3% | 21.5% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 49,303 | 1.9% | 29.0% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,565 | 0.6% | 1.5% |
| Commodity | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 59.77 | 2.08% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 63.59 | 1.94% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 4,240 | 0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 530 | 0.5% |
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The UK 100 is called to open -16 points at 9,704. The UK100 index is set for a slight fall at today’s opening bell, having closed on Friday 0.3% higher at 9720.51.
Oil and gold prices are in focus after OPEC backed a pause on production increases and the precious metal benefited from US interest rate cut expectations. Brent Crude lifted 1.8% to $63.50 a barrel in Asia trading hours while gold has continued its advance with a rise of 0.5% to $4239 an ounce.
Stock futures were little changed on Sunday night following a winning week, as traders get set to wrap up a strong 2025. Dow Jones slipped 18 points. Futures tied to the S&P and Nasdaq hovered around the flatline.
Today marks the first day of December, and investors have some momentum at their backs. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite last week ripped higher by 3.7% and 4.9%, respectively, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 3.2%.
easyJet today said it had updated its Airbus software without disruption to its flying programme. On Friday, Airbus issued a global directive to all airlines operating aircraft in the A320 family of a required modification. The airline said it completed updates on all operational aircraft: “Our flying programme operated as normal throughout the weekend and is expected to continue to do so.”
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