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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Vodafone Group | 110.1 | 12.6% |
| Entain | 550.8 | 3.9% |
| JD Sports Fashion | 83.8 | 2.9% |
| Spirax Group | 6,555.0 | 2.5% |
| Pershing Square Holdings | 3,890.0 | 1.9% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| St James’s Place | 1,155.5 | -8.6% |
| AstraZeneca | 12,834.0 | -3.9% |
| Hiscox | 1,856.0 | -2.3% |
| Rentokil Initial | 440.0 | -2.1% |
| Babcock International Group | 1,009.5 | -1.6% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 10,497 | 0.2% | 17.4% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 52,637 | 0.3% | 18.6% |
| DAX INDEX | 25,067 | 0.2% | 3.4% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 68,558 | 1.2% | 73.3% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,806 | 0.5% | 2.6% |
| Commodity | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 71.41 | 0.93% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 76.01 | 0.38% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 4,120 | 0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 628 | 0.3% |
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The UK 100 is called to open -22 points at at 10,475. Stocks in London are set to open lower on Monday as renewed tensions in the Middle East pushed oil prices higher and weighed on investor sentiment.
US President Donald Trump claimed the Strait of Hormuz was “open”, contradicting statements from Iran, which has said it has once again closed the strategic waterway following renewed hostilities with the US.
Meanwhile, the US military said it had completed a fresh round of strikes in Iran aimed at preventing the Islamic republic from attacking shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
In the US on Friday, Wall Street ended higher, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.3%, the S&P 500 up 0.4% and the Nasdaq Composite up 0.3%.
In Asia on Monday, the Nikkei 225 index in Tokyo was down 2.6%. In China, the Shanghai Composite was down 1.3%, while the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong was up 0.3%. The S&P/ASX 200 in Sydney was marginally lower.
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