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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Metlen Energy & Metals | 41.5 | 6.5% |
| JD Sports Fashion | 81.3 | 4.7% |
| International Consolidated Airlines Group | 412.3 | 3.9% |
| Antofagasta | 4,075.0 | 3.7% |
| Endeavour Mining | 4,438.0 | 3.5% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Melrose Industries | 482.2 | -5.4% |
| BP | 529.0 | -4.0% |
| Autotrader Group | 439.2 | -3.4% |
| Admiral Group | 3,368.0 | -3.2% |
| Rightmove | 431.8 | -2.0% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 10,491 | 0.2% | 20.3% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 50,462 | 0.2% | 21.3% |
| DAX INDEX | 25,185 | 0.8% | 4.8% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 64,996 | 0.3% | 72.3% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,658 | 0.4% | 3.0% |
| Commodity | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 93.89 | 2.81% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 99.50 | 3.49% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 4,508 | 1.4% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 640 | 0.3% |
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The UK 100 is called to open -3 points at at 10,488. The UK 100 looks set to open slightly lower on Wednesday, as investors continue to weigh the chances of further progress in peace talks between the US and Iran.
Iran accused the US of breaching their ceasefire and warned it was ready to retaliate after overnight US strikes on Monday targeting Iranian missile sites and mine-laying boats threatened a deal to end the war.
Iranian state media reported overnight blasts in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, near the Strait of Hormuz, and the country’s Revolutionary Guards said its forces had downed a US drone entering its airspace and had fired at an F-35 fighter jet.
“The US terrorist army, continuing its illegal and unjustified actions since the ceasefire … has, in the past 48 hours, committed a gross violation of the ceasefire in the Hormozgan region,” the Iranian foreign ministry said.
Brent oil was trading lower at $98.03 a barrel on Wednesday morning from $100.18 on Tuesday.
In the US on Tuesday, Wall Street ended mixed, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.2%, the S&P 500 0.6% higher and the Nasdaq Composite gained 1.2%.
In Asia overnight, Japan’s Nikkei was up 0.5%. In China, the Shanghai Composite was 1.4% lower, while the Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong fell 0.9%. The S&P/ASX 200 in Sydney gained 0.5%.
Pets at Home reported a 30.2% drop in annual underlying pretax profit in line with market expectations on Wednesday, as weaker retail earnings and price cuts offset continued growth in its veterinary business.
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Fed’s Kashkari speech
Fed’s Logan speech
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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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