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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Admiral Group | 3,828.0 | 2.9% |
| 3i Group | 2,813.0 | 2.6% |
| InterContinental Hotels Group | 159.8 | 2.5% |
| Endeavour Mining | 4,288.0 | 2.5% |
| Fresnillo | 3,016.0 | 2.3% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Burberry Group | 1,120.5 | -4.2% |
| Marks & Spencer Group | 385.7 | -4.0% |
| Reckitt Benckiser Group | 5,138.0 | -2.8% |
| IG Group Holdings | 1,354.0 | -2.6% |
| RELX | 2,541.0 | -2.6% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 10,833 | -0.1% | 18.4% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 53,770 | -0.0% | 20.9% |
| DAX INDEX | 26,331 | -0.2% | 9.6% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 67,524 | 0.8% | 56.0% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 9,209 | -0.5% | 4.3% |
| Commodity | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 83.27 | 0.08% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 88.55 | 0.40% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 4,409 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 662 | 0.3% |
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The UK 100 is called to open -11 points at at 10,821. Stocks in London are set to open slightly lower on Thursday, and the UK 100 will be looking to snap a three-day losing streak.
The rate of UK economic growth slowed, according to the latest data, but remained resilient despite the Iran war.
Gross domestic product (GDP), a measure of everything produced in the economy, grew 0.4% in the second quarter from April to June, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
In the US on Wednesday, Wall Street ended mostly lower, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average marginally down, but the S&P 500 up 0.3% and the Nasdaq Composite up 0.5%.
US inflation data for July was in-line with expectations, numbers on Wednesday showed, strengthening the case for a rate hold next month, though numbers for August could swing the pendulum back in favour of a hike.
In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 surged 1.7%. In China, the Shanghai Composite was up 0.5%, while the Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong was 0.1% higher. Sydney’s S&P/ASX 200 was down 0.2%.
Japan’s producer prices rose 7.2% year-on-year in July, slowing from an upwardly revised 7.3% increase in the previous month and missing the 7.4% rise consensus forecast.
Antofagasta posted a 27% increase in half-year core earnings on Thursday as high prices for energy transition material copper offset lower production. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) for the first six months of the year rose to $2.84 billion from $2.23 billion a year earlier.
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Antofagasta (ANTO) – Half Year Results
Costain Group (COST) – Half Year Results
Entain (ENT) – 2026 Interim Results
Rank Group (RNK) – Full Year Results
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JD.com Inc (NASDAQ:JD) PMO
Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ:AMAT) AMC
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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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