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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Endeavour Mining | 5,010.0 | 6.4% |
| JD Sports Fashion | 80.8 | 3.4% |
| Fresnillo | 3,976.0 | 3.2% |
| Marks & Spencer Group | 406.9 | 2.5% |
| Centrica | 192.6 | 2.3% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| ICG | 1,652.0 | -5.0% |
| Pershing Square Holdings | 4,230.0 | -4.5% |
| Sage Group | 783.6 | -4.4% |
| Mondi | 887.0 | -4.3% |
| Whitbread | 2,621.0 | -4.0% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 10,685 | -0.0% | 23.4% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 48,804 | -1.7% | 12.4% |
| DAX INDEX | 24,992 | -1.1% | 12.1% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 56,826 | -1.1% | 46.6% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 9,026 | -0.6% | 8.6% |
| Commodity | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 66.29 | -0.29% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 71.45 | -0.43% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 5,227 | 2.4% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 586 | -0.8% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +2 at 10,687. The UK 100 finished the prior session flat and is expected to open slightly lower, with futures pointing marginally higher.
U.S. equities tumbled on Monday as investors grappled with persistent fears around artificial intelligence disruptions to various industries and President Donald Trump’s decision to raise his global tariffs. The Dow Jones dropped 821.91 points, or 1.66%, to close at 48,804.06, while the Nasdaq declined 1.13% and ended at 22,627.27. The S&P shed 1.04% and closed at 6,837.75, putting it into the red once again for 2026. The 30-stock Dow was dragged down by IBM shares, which declined 13% on the heels of Anthropic outlining new programming capabilities for its Claude Code product.
Asian equities broadly advanced as China reopened from the Lunar New Year holiday, with the CSI 300 and Shanghai Composite both gaining more than 1%. Export-oriented sectors in Japan and South Korea led gains, while semiconductor stocks extended strength as investors rotated toward AI supply-chain beneficiaries. Hong Kong lagged sharply, falling nearly 2% amid renewed pressure on large technology names linked to AI disruption concerns. The so-called AI “scare trade” showed signs of easing overall, helping S&P 500 futures edge higher into the European session.
Croda International posted better-than-expected annual profit on Tuesday, helped by growth in its consumer care and life sciences divisions. The company logged £276.2m ($372.51 million) in adjusted pretax profit for the year, above analysts’ average expectations of £267.8m, as per a company-compiled poll.
Standard Chartered today lifted its annual dividend by 65% and said it plans to buy back another $1.5 billion of its shares. The dividend total of $1.38 billion or 61 US cents per share includes the distribution of $1.1 billion or 49 cents per share on 14 May. Underlying profit before tax of $7.9 billion for 2025 rose by 18% on a year earlier, with the figure for the fourth quarter up 19% to $1.2 billion. The bank expects operating income growth in 2026 to be around the bottom end of its 5-7% year-on-year growth range at constant currency. Although shares slipped after results came in slightly below expectations.
UK
Standard Chartered (STAN) – Full Year Results
Croda International (CRDA) – Full Year Results
Unite Group (UTG) – Full Year Results
ConvaTec Group (CTEC) – Full Year Results
US
Keurig Dr Pepper Inc (NASDAQ:KDP) PMO
The Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) PMO
AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc (NYSE:AMC) AMC
HP Inc (NYSE:HPQ) AMC
Lucid Group Inc (NASDAQ:LCID) AMC
UK
HSBC Holdings (HSBA) – Full Year Results
Diageo (DGE) – Full Year Results
Haleon (HLN) – Full Year Results
Hiscox (HSX) – Full Year Results
Aston Martin Lagonda (AML) – Full Year Results
St James Place (STJ) – Full Year Results
US
IonQ Inc (NYSE:IONQ) AMC
MARA Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:MARA) AMC E
NVIDIA Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA) AMC
Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM) AMC
Snowflake Inc (NYSE:SNOW) AMC
Synopsys Inc (NASDAQ:SNPS) AMC
The Trade Desk Inc (NASDAQ:TTD) AMC
PBoC Interest Rate Decision
Fed’s Goolsbee speech
US ADP Employment Change 4-week average
Fed’s Bostic speech
Fed’s Collins speech
US Housing Price Index
Fed’s Waller speech
Fed’s Cook speech
US Consumer Confidence
Fed’s Barkin speech
Fed’s Collins speech
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 26th February 2026:
Alliance Witan
Unilever
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 26th February 2026:
Ashmore Group
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