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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| International Consolidated Airlines Group | 436.2 | 7.1% |
| Lion Finance Group | 11,050.0 | 5.9% |
| Barclays | 472.9 | 5.3% |
| Anglo American | 4,002.0 | 5.2% |
| Endeavour Mining | 3,830.0 | 5.0% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| BP | 521.0 | -4.5% |
| Shell | 3,164.0 | -3.4% |
| Centrica | 184.9 | -1.6% |
| BAE Systems | 1,913.0 | -1.5% |
| The Sage Group | 797.0 | -1.1% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 10,472 | 1.6% | 18.3% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 51,202 | 0.7% | 21.3% |
| DAX INDEX | 24,635 | 1.8% | 4.8% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 69,352 | 5.1% | 83.3% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,914 | 1.3% | 4.3% |
| Commodity | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 80.80 | 4.81% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 83.67 | 4.19% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 4,303 | 2.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 658 | 1.2% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +83 points at at 10,554. The UK 100 looks set to open higher on Monday after the US and Iran announced a framework peace agreement and plans to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, fuelling a rally in global equities and sending oil prices lower.
The UK and Japan on Sunday sealed a sweeping economic and technological partnership, expected to generate over GBP18 billion in investment, during a visit to London by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Takaichi held talks at his Downing Street office, ahead of them attending a G7 summit in France which begins on Monday. In total, more than 10 trade agreements were signed, including a £9-billion offshore wind farm project, as Starmer hailed as “a new era of cooperation between our two countries”.
US President Donald Trump said a peace deal with Iran is “now complete”, raising hopes that the conflict which has rattled global markets since late February may be drawing to a close. The Strait of Hormuz is set to reopen only after the formal signing of the Iran agreement on Friday, Trump said on his Truth Social platform. “With the opening of the strait upon the signing of the deal on Friday, for purposes of mine removal, oil will flow on both ends again for the region, and the world!” Trump wrote.
Iran’s Tasnim news agency also reported, citing unnamed sources, that the Strait of Hormuz would reopen after the signing of a framework agreement on Friday. Pakistan’s prime minister earlier announced that the US and Iran had agreed to a “peace deal” that immediately halts all military operations, including in Lebanon, with a signing ceremony due to take place in Geneva on Friday.
In the US on Friday, Wall Street ended higher, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.7%, the S&P 500 up 0.5% and the Nasdaq Composite up 0.3%. In corporate news, SpaceX shares surged almost 20% on Friday in what was the largest stock market debut in history, lifting the company’s valuation above USD2 trillion and making Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire.
The shares closed at $160.95, valuing SpaceX at around $2.1 trillion and making it the sixth-largest listed company in the world. More than $80 billion worth of shares changed hands during the session. SpaceX raised $75 billion in a record-breaking initial public offering on Thursday amid intense demand for artificial intelligence-linked investments. The total could rise to USD86 billion if underwriters exercise an option to sell additional shares.
In Asia on Monday, equities rallied after the announcement of a US-Iran peace agreement, with the Nikkei in Tokyo surging 4.9% to a record high. In China, the Shanghai Composite rose 1.1%, while the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong gained 0.6%. The S&P/ASX 200 in Sydney advanced 1.4%.
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 18th June 2026:
Persimmon
Land Securities Group
British Land Company
3i Group
Airtel Africa
Compass Group
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 18th June 2026:
Tate & Lyle
GB Group
AEP Plantations
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