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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| British American Tobacco PLC | 3,599.0 | 2.0% |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 984.4 | 1.9% |
| Barclays PLC | 339.7 | 1.5% |
| Natwest Group PLC | 497.6 | 1.4% |
| Smith & Nephew PLC | 1,115.0 | 1.4% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Wpp PLC | 428.6 | -18.8% |
| Antofagasta PLC | 1,864.0 | -2.9% |
| Glencore PLC | 298.2 | -2.7% |
| Easyjet PLC | 525.6 | -2.5% |
| Anglo American PLC | 2,170.0 | -2.5% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,867 | 0.1% | 8.2% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 44,458 | 0.5% | 11.9% |
| DAX INDEX | 24,550 | 1.4% | 33.4% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 39,646 | -0.4% | -5.4% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,589 | 0.6% | 9.9% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 68.34 | -0.06% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 70.20 | 0.01% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 3,324 | 0.3% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 562 | 2.5% |
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The UK 100 called to open +48 points this morning at 8,915. The UK 100 looks set to open at a record high this morning, despite a fresh set of aggressive trade announcements from Donald Trump after the US close. First, the US President confirmed overnight that the 50% copper tariff will come into place on August 1, and second, he announced a 50% tariff on goods from Brazil.
Asian markets are mixed this morning, with the Hang Seng and domestic Chinese stocks higher, but Japan’s Nikkei and India’s Sensex down 0.6% and 0.4% respectively.
The S&P rose Wednesday as Nvidia reached a major milestone and investors monitored the latest tariff updates from President Donald Trump. The broad market benchmark climbed 0.61%, ending the session at 6,263.26, and the Nasdaq advanced 0.94% for a record close of 20,611.34. The Dow Jones added 217.54 points, or 0.49%, ending at 44,458.30.
Vistry reported on Thursday a 33.7% slump in adjusted pre-tax profit for the first half of fiscal 2025, as rising costs and a sluggish housing market continued to weigh on performance.
WPP today named Microsoft executive Cindy Rose as its new chief executive. She has spent the last nine years in senior leadership positions at the US tech giant, where she is currently chief operating officer in Global Enterprise. Rose has been a non-executive director of WPP since 2019.
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US Initial Jobless Claims
Fed’s Musalem speech
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 10th July 2025:
Halma
Games Workshop Group
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 10th July 2025:
WH Smith
Bytes Technology Group
CMC Markets
Oxford Instruments
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