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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Croda International | 2,976.0 | 4.0% |
| Bunzl | 2,554.0 | 2.4% |
| Entain | 583.4 | 2.4% |
| Coca-Cola Europacific Partners | 7,265.0 | 2.3% |
| Unilever | 4,284.0 | 2.2% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Standard Chartered | 1,811.0 | -6.3% |
| Fresnillo | 2,868.0 | -5.1% |
| HSBC Holdings | 1,311.4 | -4.4% |
| Glencore | 569.2 | -4.4% |
| Prudential | 916.0 | -4.2% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 10,227 | 1.4% | 15.8% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 50,872 | 0.2% | 19.0% |
| DAX INDEX | 24,433 | 0.7% | 1.1% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 65,417 | 2.2% | 71.2% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,604 | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Commodity | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 88.20 | 3.40% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 92.30 | 2.07% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 4,261 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 632 | 0.4% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +26 points at at 10,253. The UK 100 looks set to open slightly higher on Wednesday despite renewed military exchanges between the United States and Iran dampen investor sentiment ahead of closely watched US inflation figures. Futures indicate the UK 100 will gain around 26 points at the open after the index suffered a sharp 1.4% decline on Tuesday, closing at 10,227.33.
The S&P and Nasdaq dropped on Tuesday, even as oil prices pulled back, as a surge in chip stocks lost momentum after a one-day rally. The broad market index fell 0.26% to close at 7,386.65, while the Nasdaq moved down 0.97% to 25,678.82. The Dow Jones gained 86.10 points, or 0.17%, to end at 50,872.11.
U.S. forces on Tuesday evening launched strikes against Iran “in response to yesterday’s downing of a U.S. Army Apache helicopter,” U.S. Central Command said. The “self-defense strikes” are “a proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression,” Centcom said in an X post.
Asian markets were broadly weaker, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 declining 2.3%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng falling 1.2%, and China’s Shanghai Composite losing 0.8%. Australia’s ASX 200 bucked the trend, rising 0.3%.
Meanwhile, gold prices eased to US$4,203 an ounce despite the geopolitical tensions, suggesting investors are positioning cautiously ahead of the inflation release rather than moving aggressively into traditional safe-haven assets.
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