This report is not a personal recommendation and does not take into account your personal circumstances or appetite for risk.
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Hiscox | 1,841.0 | 12.3% |
| 3i Group | 2,210.0 | 4.6% |
| JD Sports Fashion | 72.0 | 2.5% |
| RELX | 2,423.0 | 2.5% |
| BP | 552.2 | 2.1% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 10,195 | 1.7% | 17.4% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 49,526 | 1.1% | 16.1% |
| DAX INDEX | 23,951 | 2.1% | 0.8% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 60,986 | 0.7% | 61.5% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,510 | 1.4% | 2.0% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 10,195 | 1.7% | 17.4% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 49,526 | 1.1% | 16.1% |
| DAX INDEX | 23,951 | 2.1% | 0.8% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 60,986 | 0.7% | 61.5% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,510 | 1.4% | 2.0% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 107.64 | 2.11% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 111.20 | 1.78% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 4,535 | 0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 623 | 1.0% |
Click graph to enlarge
The UK 100 is called to open -63 points at at 10,132. The UK 100 looks set to open lower once again this morning, continuing Fridays decline as Trump warns ‘clock ticking’ on Iran peace deal. The stalemate in the Middle East is set to come to a head after President Donald Trump warned the “clock is ticking” on talks to end the war with Iran. “They better get moving, FAST, or there won’t be anything left of them,” the President wrote on Truth Social.
Stocks fell on Friday, bogged down by losses in technology stocks and a rise in U.S. Treasury yields, after a summit between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping ended and left traders worried about no major policy breakthroughs. The S&P shed 1.24% to end at 7,408.50, while the Nasdaq slipped 1.54% to 26,225.14. The Dow Jones was down 537.29 points, or 1.07%, and closed at 49,526.17. Investors took profits in tech after the group saw sharp gains recently. Notably, Intel retreated more than 6%, while Advanced Micro Devices and Micron Technology lost 5.7% and 6.6%, respectively. Nvidia dropped 4.4%, while Cerebras Systems, which surged 68% Thursday after it began trading on the Nasdaq fell by 10%.
Asian equities and U.S. stock futures dropped on Monday as escalating Middle East tensions and surging oil prices reignited global inflation fears, while a tech-led selloff intensified ahead of Nvidia’s critical earnings report later this week.
The benchmark KOSPI rose 0.5% to around 7,525 on Monday, recovering part of a sharp selloff in the previous session. Japan’s Nikkei fell 0.44% to around 61,000, while the broader Topix Index slipped 0.5% to 3,845. The Japanese yen weakened toward 159 per dollar. China’s Shanghai Composite rose 0.07% to 4,143, while the Shenzhen Component rose 0.3% to 15,610, and the offshore yuan weakened to around 6.81 per dollar as a series of weak economic data weighed on sentiment. China’s economy sharply slowed in April 2026 due to the war in Iran, affecting consumer spending and factory output. Retail sales grew only 0.2%, the weakest since late 2022. Factory output slowed to 4.1%, missing estimates. Business investments dropped by 1.6%. Unemployment edged down to 5.2%. The housing market declined, with new home prices falling 3.5%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell 1.09% to 25,640, marking the lowest since April 2026.
Gold prices traded below $4,550 an ounce on Monday after tumbling nearly 4% last week.
Ryanair has prepared for an “armageddon situation,” amid the jet fuel crisis, the budget airline’s chief financial officer told CNBC Monday. “Do we have plans for some kind of Armageddon situation? Of course, we do, but I don’t see that coming to pass. As things stand, we’re operating a full schedule this summer, and plan to operate a full schedule into the winter period,” Neil Sorahan told CNBC’s Ritika Gupta in an interview. “I think we will see some of the weaker carriers who were already struggling before the war possibly go to the wall in the winter,” Sorahan said after the airline reported full-year earnings.
UK
None
US
Baidu (BIDU) PMO
UK
Cranswick (CWK) – Preliminary Announcement
DCC (DCC) – Final Results
Diploma (DPLM) – Half Year Results announcement
SSP Group (SSPG) – Interim results
Topps Tiles (TPT) – Half Year Results Announcement
Currys (CURY) – Full Year Results
Dr. Martens (DOCS) – Half Year Results
US
The Home Depot (HD) PMO
BoE’s Greene speech
BoE’s Mann speech
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 21st May 2026:
Whitbread
Bunzl
Imperial Brands
Shell
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 21st May 2026:
TBC Bank Group
Grainger
Bellway
Spire Healthcare Group
For any help you may require placing trades or in terms of market information, put a call in to our trading floor – it’s all part of the service.
This research is produced by Accendo Markets Limited. Research produced and disseminated by Accendo Markets is classified as non-independent research, and is therefore a marketing communication. This investment research has not been prepared in accordance with legal requirements designed to promote its independence and it is not subject to the prohibition on dealing ahead of the dissemination of investment research. This research does not constitute a personal recommendation or offer to enter into a transaction or an investment, and is produced and distributed for information purposes only.
Accendo Markets considers opinions and information contained within the research to be valid when published, and gives no warranty as to the investments referred to in this material. The income from the investments referred to may go down as well as up, and investors may realise losses on investments. The past performance of a particular investment is not necessarily a guide to its future performance.