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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| 3i Group | 2,250.0 | 3.3% |
| SSE | 2,409.0 | 3.1% |
| ICG | 1,886.0 | 2.9% |
| Babcock International | 1,066.5 | 2.6% |
| Centrica | 199.0 | 2.2% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Autotrade Group | 452.6 | -8.8% |
| ConvaTec Group | 203.6 | -5.0% |
| BT Group | 219.5 | -4.9% |
| Airtel Africa | 325.2 | -2.7% |
| Whitbread | 2,367.0 | -2.4% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 10,443 | 0.1% | 19.5% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 50,286 | 0.6% | 20.1% |
| DAX INDEX | 24,607 | 0.5% | 2.5% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 63,400 | 2.8% | 71.4% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,642 | 0.2% | 3.5% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 97.84 | 1.55% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 104.74 | 2.11% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 4,518 | 0.5% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 640 | 1.6% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +60 points at at 10,503. The UK 100 looks set to open higher again this morning, there remains some hope a deal is in sight after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said there were “some good signs” that a deal was on the horizon, though he added that he doesn’t “want to be overly optimistic”. Rubio said the US was dealing with a system that “itself is a little fractured”.
The Dow Jones rose to a record close Thursday as oil prices and Treasury yields were volatile, with traders hoping for a resolution to the Middle East conflict. The blue-chip index gained 276.31 points, or 0.55%, for a closing record of 50,285.66. The S&P advanced 0.17% to 7,445.72, while the Nasdaq increased 0.09% to end at 26,293.10.
West Texas Intermediate futures declined almost 2% to close at $96.35 per barrel. Brent crude dropped more than 2% to close at $102.58 per barrel.
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 28th May 2026:
Intertek Group
Informa
Kingfisher
Associated British Foods
Alliance Whitan
National Grid
DCC
Diploma
Severn Trent
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 28th May 2026:
Keller Group
Hill & Smith
Breedon Group
Alfa Financial Software Holdings
Vesuvius
Gamma Communications
Hilton Food Group
Victrex
SSP Group
IntegraFin Holdings
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