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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Diploma | 7,195.0 | 6.3% |
| Metlen Energy & Metals | 43.7 | 5.5% |
| Spirax Group | 6,930.0 | 4.2% |
| Kingfisher | 297.1 | 4.1% |
| Weir Group | 2,504.0 | 4.0% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| St James’s Place | 1,110.0 | -7.8% |
| Antofagasta | 3,588.0 | -4.1% |
| Endeavour Mining | 3,422.0 | -2.6% |
| Fresnillo | 2,455.0 | -2.4% |
| Centrica | 172.1 | -2.4% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 10,572 | 0.5% | 18.4% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 52,553 | -0.2% | 18.8% |
| DAX INDEX | 24,915 | -0.3% | 3.8% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 66,836 | -2.8% | 67.5% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,841 | 0.0% | 2.3% |
| Commodity | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 78.95 | 0.82% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 84.85 | 0.12% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 3,977 | 2.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 634 | 0.0% |
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The UK 100 is called to open -2 points at at 10,570. Stocks in the UK look set to open broadly flat on Friday. Futures traders have the UK 100 called around 2 points lower. The blue-chip index was supported in Thursday’s session by stocks with limited AI exposure.
Wall Street ended lower as investors stepped back from the AI trade despite another round of solid corporate earnings. Semiconductor stocks bore the brunt of the selling, dragging the Nasdaq down 1.5%. The S&P 500 lost 0.5%, while the Dow Jones proved more resilient, slipping just 0.2%.
Asian markets reflected the risk-off tone. Tokyo’s Nikkei slumped 4.7%, Shanghai’s SSE Composite fell 1.6% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng shed 2%. Seoul’s Kospi, which lost 6.4% yesterday, is closed today for a public holiday. Sydney’s ASX 200 closed 0.5% lower.
Burberry has posted its best quarter in three years, with retail revenue climbing 5% to £455 million in the 13 weeks to 27 June, and growth across every single product category for the first time since 2023.
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 23rd July 2026:
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UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 23rd July 2026:
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