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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| St James’s Place | 1,176.5 | 3.2% |
| Compass Group | 33.0 | 2.8% |
| Endeavour Mining | 4,183.0 | 2.7% |
| Entain | 554.8 | 2.4% |
| IG Group Holdings | 1,390.0 | 2.2% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Spirax Group | 7,225.0 | -5.6% |
| M&G | 350.4 | -3.3% |
| Standard Life | 902.0 | -3.3% |
| Legal & General Group | 301.6 | -3.1% |
| Prudential | 1,012.5 | -2.9% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 10,844 | 0.2% | 18.8% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 53,792 | 0.3% | 22.3% |
| DAX INDEX | 26,391 | 0.3% | 9.6% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 66,970 | 2.1% | 56.8% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 9,251 | 0.2% | 4.2% |
| Commodity | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 83.20 | 1.30% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 89.58 | 2.12% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 4,370 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 663 | 0.3% |
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The UK 100 is called to open -16 points at at 10,828. Stocks in London are set to open lower on Wednesday, ahead of an eagerly-anticipated US inflation reading, and as oil continues to creep higher on Hormuz nerves.
In the US on Tuesday, Wall Street ended lower, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.3%, the S&P 500 down 0.3% and the Nasdaq Composite down 0.6%.
In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 was up 0.9% on Wednesday. Financial markets in Tokyo had been closed on Tuesday for a public holiday. In China, the Shanghai Composite was up 0.1%, though the Hang Seng Index shed 1.1%. Sydney’s S&P/ASX 200 was down 0.5%.
Evoke reported 1st half 2026 revenue was flat on a reported basis, with like-for-like growth driven by UK online gaming and retail, but higher UK gaming duties cut adjusted EBITDA and pushed leverage higher. After a strategic review following UK duty hikes, Evoke’s board backed a takeover by Bally’s Intralot to strengthen its capital structure, with completion targeted for late 2026 or early 2027.
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 13th August 2026:
Aberdeen Group
Rio Tinto
NatWest Group
BP
Fresnillo
Tritax Big Box REIT
IG Group Holdings
Rentokil Initial
GSK
Shell
Hiscox
Haleon
Pearson
London Stock Exchange Group
Melrose Industries
HSBC Holdings
Babcock International Group
IMI
Pershing Square Holdings
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 13th August 2026:
Harbour Energy
Halfords Group
Renewables Infrastructure Group
Greencoat UK Wind
OSB Group
Hikma Pharmaceuticals
Domino’s Pizza Group
International Public Partnerships
4imprint Group
TBC Bank Group
Keller Group
Rotork
Elementis
Chemring Group
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