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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Barratt Redrow | 304.5 | 3.8% |
| Metlen Energy & Metals | 47.9 | 3.6% |
| Rentokil Initial | 356.8 | 3.5% |
| Smith & Nephew | 1,197.0 | 3.3% |
| ICG | 1,949.0 | 3.2% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| AstraZeneca | 11,500.0 | -9.0% |
| IG Group Holdings | 1,371.0 | -6.1% |
| Coca-Cola HBC | 4,884.0 | -2.5% |
| British American Tobacco | 4,466.0 | -2.3% |
| InterContinental Hotels Group | 157.2 | -2.2% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 10,858 | 0.1% | 19.7% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 53,178 | 1.3% | 22.0% |
| DAX INDEX | 26,001 | 1.5% | 11.0% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 63,755 | 0.9% | 58.2% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 9,019 | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Commodity | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 80.34 | 5.11% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 83.75 | 4.75% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 4,053 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 654 | 1.2% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +28 points at at 10,885. Stocks in London are set to open higher on Tuesday as investors monitored developments in US-Iran diplomacy and digested strong earnings from HSBC.
US President Donald Trump said negotiations with Iran were continuing despite Tehran’s denials, warning the Islamic Republic it faced a “last chance before decapitation”.
Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said he had agreed to continue pursuing talks at the request of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar and other regional partners.
In the US on Monday, Wall Street ended higher, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 1.3%, the S&P 500 up 1.5% and the Nasdaq Composite up 2.2%.
In Asia on Tuesday, the Nikkei 225 index in Tokyo was down 0.3%. In China, the Shanghai Composite rose 0.5%, while the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong fell 0.9%. The S&P/ASX 200 in Sydney was up 1.3%, after data showed Australian household spending continued to increase in June.
BP on Tuesday posted a second-quarter underlying replacement cost profit, its version of net income, of $5.73 billion, more than double that of a year ago and above expectations in a company-provided poll of analysts.
za reported a strong first half, with pretax profit rising 23% to $19.52 billion in the six months ended June 30 from $15.81 billion a year earlier. Diluted and basic earnings per share climbed 31% to $0.85 from $0.65. The Asia-focused lender maintained its interim dividend at USD0.10 per share and announced plans for a share buyback of up to $1 billion, which it expects to complete before reporting third-quarter results. Net interest income increased 8.4% to $18.23 billion from $16.82 billion, while net fee income rose 9.5% to $7.28 billion from $6.64 billion.
UK
BP (BP.) – Q2 2026 Results
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) – H1 2026 Results
ConvaTec Group (CTEC) – Interim results
Rotork (ROR) – Interim results
Smith & Nephew (SN.) – Q2/H1 2026 Results
HSBC (HSBA) – Interim Results
US
Ball Corp (NYSE:BALL) PMO
Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) PMO
McDonald’s Corp (NYSE:MCD) PMO
Merck & Co Inc (NYSE:MRK) PMO
Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) PMO
Spotify Technology SA (NYSE:SPOT) PMO
Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) AMC
Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN) AMC
Arista Networks Inc (NYSE:ANET) AMC
Booking Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:BKNG) AMC
Gilead Sciences Inc (NASDAQ:GILD) AMC
Lucid Group Inc Shs (NASDAQ:LCID) AMC
Pinterest Inc Class A (NYSE:PINS) AMC
Space Exploration Technologies Cor (NASDAQ:SPCX) AMC
Upstart Holdings Inc Ordinary Shares (NASDAQ:UPST) AMC
UK
Coca-Cola HBC AG (CCH) – 2026 Half year results
Glencore (GLEN) – Half-Year Results 2026
Ibstock (IBST) – Half-Year Results 2026
Legal & General Group (LGEN) – Half Year Results 2026
S4 Capital (SFOR) – Q2 2026 Results
US
Eli Lilly and Co (NYSE:LLY) PMO
The Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC) PMO
Novo Nordisk AS ADR (NYSE:NVO) PMO
Shopify Inc (NASDAQ:SHOP) PMO
Uber Technologies Inc (NYSE:UBER) PMO
The Walt Disney Co (NYSE:DIS) PMO
Block Inc Class A (NYSE:XYZ) AMC
Diversified Energy Co (NYSE:DEC) AMC E
Etsy Inc (NYSE:ETSY) AMC
IonQ Inc (NYSE:IONQ) AMC
Jackson Financial Inc (NYSE:JXN) AMC
Occidental Petroleum Corp (NYSE:OXY) AMC
SanDisk Corp Ordinary Shares (NASDAQ:SNDK) AMC
SoundHound AI Inc (NASDAQ:SOUN) AMC
US Factory Orders
US JOLTS Job Openings
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 6th August 2026:
BT Group
Reckitt Benckiser Group
Informa
Lloyds Banking Group
Schroders
Barclays
SEGRO
Unilever
RELX
Standard Chartered
AstraZeneca
St. James’s Place
Rolls-Royce Holdings
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 6th August 2026:
Jupiter Fund Management
Telecom Plus
Man Group
Inchcape
Lancashire Holdings
Avon Technologies
Helios Towers
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