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Morning Report - 21 July 2026

Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders Price (p) % Chg
Computacenter 4,834.0 5.6%
Diploma 7,370.0 1.8%
Experian 2,762.0 1.6%
JD Sports Fashion 88.1 1.4%
Polar Capital Technology Trust 636.0 1.4%
Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards Price (p) % Chg
Persimmon 1,046.5 -3.8%
Airtel Africa 334.6 -3.3%
Barratt Redrow 284.0 -3.2%
Kingfisher 294.6 -3.2%
Metlen Energy & Metals 43.0 -3.2%
Major World Indices Price % Chg 1 Year
UK 100 INDEX 10,525 -0.7% 17.0%
DOW JONES INDUS. AVG 51,839 -0.6% 16.9%
DAX INDEX 24,847 0.1% 2.3%
NIKKEI 225 64,141 -4.0% 61.1%
S&P/ASX 200 INDEX 8,791 -0.1% 1.4%

 

Commodity Units Price % Chg
WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) USD/bbl. 83.23 0.90%
Brent Crude (ICE) USD/bbl. 88.86 0.86%
Gold Spot USD/t oz. 4,009 0.0%
Copper (Comex) USd/lb. 634 1.2%

 

The UK 100 is called to open -40 points at at 10,484.

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Markets Overview:


The UK 100 is called to open -40 points at at 10,484.  
Stocks in London are set to open lower on Tuesday, ahead of UK unemployment, earnings and public sector finance data.

Elsewhere, the US State Department on Monday issued an alert urging American citizens around the world to “exercise increased caution” over the war with Iran, while Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday they hit US military targets including air defence systems in Bahrain and Kuwait.

In the US on Monday, Wall Street ended lower, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.6%, the S&P 500 down 0.2% and the Nasdaq Composite down 0.6%.

In Asia on Tuesday, the Nikkei 225 index in Tokyo was up 2.4%. In China, the Shanghai Composite was up 0.8%, while the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong was down 0.2%. The S&P/ASX 200 in Sydney was down 0.2%.

Company News & Broker Comments:

 

Company News:

SEGRO has rejected a second and third takeover bid from US rival Prologis, as the tussle between the two property giants steps up a gear.  The UK 100 real estate firm rejected Prologis’latest bid last week, which amounted to £9.93 per share and valued the group’s total shares at £13.5bn.

Reporting Today:

 

UK

Compass Group (CPG) – Trading Announcement

Kier Group  (KIE) – Trading Announcement

 

US

3M Co (NYSE:MMM) PMO

General Motors (NYSE:GM) PMO

 

Reporting Tomorrow:

 

UK

J D Wetherspoon (JDW) – Trading Announcement

Reach (RCH) – Interim Results

 

US

AT&T Inc (NYSE:T) PMO

CME Group Inc Class A (NASDAQ:CME) PMO

GE Vernova Inc (NYSE:GEV) PMO

Philip Morris International Inc (NYSE:PM) PMO

Alphabet Inc Class A (NASDAQ:GOOGL) AMC

International Business Machines Corp (NYSE:IBM) AMC

QuantumScape Corp Ordinary Shares – Class A (NASDAQ:QS) AMC

ServiceNow Inc (NYSE:NOW) AMC

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) AMC

In Focus Today:

 

UK Average Earnings

UK Claimant Count

UK Employment Change

ECB Bank Lending Survey

EU ZEW Survey

EU ECB’s Nagel speech

US ADP Employment Change

This Week’s Ex-Dividends:

 

UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 23rd July 2026:

SSE

 

UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 23rd July 2026:

Bloomsbury Publishing

QinetiQ Group

Pennon Group

 

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