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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| BT Group | 236.2 | 6.6% |
| Whitbread | 2,410.0 | 3.8% |
| JD Sports Fashion | 75.1 | 2.9% |
| Vodafone Group | 118.7 | 2.3% |
| Entain | 548.0 | 1.9% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Lion Finance Group | 11,030.0 | -4.8% |
| Babcock International Group | 1,052.5 | -4.3% |
| Metlen Energy & Metals | 36.3 | -4.0% |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings | 1,219.8 | -3.1% |
| BAE Systems | 1,933.8 | -2.9% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 10,233 | 0.4% | 19.6% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 49,609 | 0.0% | 20.3% |
| DAX INDEX | 24,339 | 1.3% | 3.6% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 62,418 | 0.5% | 66.4% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,702 | 0.5% | 5.7% |
| Commodity | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 99.11 | 3.87% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 104.67 | 3.34% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 4,677 | 0.8% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 632 | 0.3% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +21 points at at 10,256. The UK 100 has been called higher at the start of the week, while other European benchmarks are seen opening lower, as oil prices jumped 5% after the US and Iran failed to come to a peace agreement.
London’s blue-chip index is up 21 points on the futures markets, after losing almost 144 points last week to close at 10,233.07.
Futures for Frankfurt, Paris and New York are all slightly in the red, while stocks in Asia are mixed, with the Mumbai and Tokyo benchmarks down 1.2% and 0.4% but the Shanghai counterpart up 0.9% and Seoul’s Kospi jumping 4.5%.
U.S. equities rose on Friday following a better-than-expected April’s jobs report and as traders eyed developments between the U.S. and Iran. The S&P advanced 0.84% to end at 7,398.93, while the Nasdaq climbed 1.71% to 26,247.08. Both indexes hit new all-time intraday highs in the session and closed at records. The Dow Jones inched up 12.19 points, or 0.02%, to settle at 49,609.16. All three major averages posted weekly gains, propelled by strong earnings. Upbeat tech earnings lifted the Nasdaq to a 4.5% climb, while the S&P 500 gained 2.3%. Both posted six straight winning weeks, marking the longest win streak since 2024 for the broad market benchmark and the tech-heavy index. The Dow Industrials lagged with a week-to-date gain of 0.2%.
Compass Group raised its 2026 profit outlook on Monday, as the world’s largest caterer bets on strong demand for workplace dining and new contract wins to offset rising concerns over the impact of artificial intelligence on office-based clients. The company, which serves office workers at the likes of Google, opens new tab, Amazon, opens new tab, and Microsoft, opens new tab in about 30 countries, saw a surge in new business contracts in the first half of the year, driven by its business & industry segment. The group said it expects full-year underlying operating profit growth above 11%, up from about 10% forecast earlier.
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