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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Metlen Energy & Metals | 48.4 | 3.9% |
| Informa | 912.8 | 3.9% |
| London Stock Exchange Group | 8,898.0 | 3.9% |
| Endeavour Mining | 4,732.0 | 3.6% |
| Prudential | 1,038.5 | 3.5% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Reckitt Benckiser Group | 5,080.0 | -2.8% |
| ConvaTec Group | 227.4 | -2.7% |
| Admiral Group | 3,836.0 | -2.5% |
| Haleon | 357.6 | -2.3% |
| Diageo | 1,666.5 | -1.6% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 10,832 | 0.7% | 18.0% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 53,686 | 1.2% | 18.6% |
| DAX INDEX | 26,003 | 0.6% | 10.2% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 64,214 | -0.2% | 50.8% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 9,020 | 0.5% | 2.2% |
| Commodity | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 91.69 | 0.75% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 95.81 | 0.19% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 4,473 | 2.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 667 | 1.2% |
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The UK 100 is called to open -4 points at at 10,827. Stocks in London are set to open broadly flat on Friday, the UK’s blue-chip index will be looking to build on a solid advance on Thursday, as eyes turn to a US jobs report.
The jobs report comes ahead of next week’s US inflation data. Ahead of that, US Federal Reserve Governor Chris Waller said he would be prepared to vote for an interest rate hike at the central bank’s next meeting in mid-September if data showed inflation having accelerated.
In the US on Thursday, Wall Street ended higher, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 1.2%, the S&P 500 up 1.1% and the Nasdaq Composite up 1.4%.
In Asia, stocks were on the up. Softer yields on the back of remarks from a US policymaker, which boosted equity markets in Europe on Thursday, lifted sentiment in Asia also.
Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 was up 1.4%. In China, the Shanghai Composite was 0.2% higher, while the Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong jumped 1.8%. Sydney’s S&P/ASX 200 was flat.
Ferrexpo a producer and exporter of premium iron ore products, today announced the successful results of the proposed equity fundraise of new ordinary shares of nominal value £0.10 each in the capital of the Company announced yesterday, allowing the Group’s shares to resume trading on the London Stock Exchange.
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Ashmore Group (ASHM) – Full Year Results
IQE (IQE) – Interim Results
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No noteworthy announcements
BoE’s Governor Bailey speech
EU Retail Sales
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 10th September 2026:
M&G
Endeavour Mining
Lion Finance Group
Prudential
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 10th September 2026:
Baltic Classifieds Group
Grafton Group
NCC Group
Greggs
Atalaya Mining
Rosebank Industries
International Workplace Group
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