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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Weir | 2,750.0 | 4.1% |
| Fresnillo | 3,168.0 | 2.7% |
| BP | 552.2 | 2.4% |
| Endeavour Mining | 4,496.0 | 2.1% |
| Diageo | 1,723.5 | 2.0% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| JD Sports Fashion | 80.1 | -14.3% |
| Investec | 634.0 | -4.6% |
| Legal & General Group | 286.3 | -3.9% |
| Burberry Group | 1,056.5 | -2.5% |
| ConvaTec Group | 225.6 | -2.2% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 10,748 | 0.0% | 15.7% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 52,759 | -1.3% | 17.4% |
| DAX INDEX | 25,983 | -0.4% | 7.0% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 66,217 | 1.4% | 55.4% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 9,084 | 0.3% | 0.7% |
| Commodity | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 86.83 | 2.89% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 93.22 | 1.75% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 4,520 | 0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 657 | 0.4% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +13 points at at 10,761. The UK 100 looks set to open slightly higher this morning, this comes as the UK budget defecit unexpectedly widened in July as spending outpaced receipts.
In the US, comparable sales, excluding fuel, rose 2.6%, below 3.8% market consensus, and slower than 4.6% reported in the same quarter a year ago.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 1.3% on Thursday, the S&P 500 shed 0.9% and the Nasdaq Composite fell 1.0%.
In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 was down 0.5% on Friday. In China, the Shanghai Composite was down 0.1%, though the Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong was up 0.8%. Sydney’s S&P/ASX 200 was down 0.3%.
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 27th August 2026:
LondonMetric Property
Autotrader Group
Croda International
Glencore
Games Workshop Group
Alliance Witan
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 27th August 2026:
ZIGUP
Dr. Martens
RHI Magnesita N.V.
Currys
Genuit Group
Shaftesbury Capital
Quilter
Savills
Clarkson
Michael Page
Serco Group
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