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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Legal & General Group | 263.8 | 6.2% |
| Imperial Brands Group | 2,866.0 | 4.0% |
| Admiral Group | 3,294.0 | 3.9% |
| British American Tobacco | 4,962.0 | 3.2% |
| Whitbread | 2,340.0 | 3.0% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| 3i Group | 2,112.0 | -12.8% |
| Burberry Group | 1,083.0 | -6.8% |
| Babcock International Group | 975.4 | -3.9% |
| Tesco | 450.7 | -2.5% |
| Coca-Cola HBC AG | 4,172.0 | -2.2% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 10,373 | 0.5% | 20.8% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 50,063 | 0.8% | 19.1% |
| DAX INDEX | 24,456 | 1.3% | 4.0% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 62,654 | 1.0% | 66.0% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,641 | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Commodity | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 101.68 | 0.50% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 105.72 | 0.09% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 4,663 | 0.2% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 658 | 0.5% |
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The UK 100 is called to open -90 points at at 10,282. Stocks in London are set to open lower on Friday, as investors digest the outcome of the US-China summit and the latest Westminster drama. Futures indicate the UK 100 to open 90 points lower, 0.8%, at 10,282 this morning. The index of London large-caps closed 0.5% higher at 10,372.93 on Thursday.
Stocks were higher Stateside on Thursday, with the Dow Jones retaking 50,000 after strong earnings from Cisco Systems and following a key meeting between U.S. and China. The 30-stock index popped 370.26 points, or 0.75%, to end at 50,063.46. The S&P climbed 0.77% and closed at 7,501.24, while the Nasdaq gained 0.88% to 26,635.22. Those two indexes scored fresh all-time intraday highs and record closes.
Shares of Cisco surged 13% after the software giant posted third-quarter results and guidance that beat Wall Street’s expectations and announced it would be cutting almost 4,000 jobs.
In Asia on Friday, the Nikkei 225 index in Tokyo was down 1.9%. Data from the Bank of Japan showed producer prices accelerated sharply in April. The corporate producer price index rose 2.3% month-on-month, up from 0.8% in March and well ahead of the consensus forecast of 0.7%. On an annual basis, producer prices climbed 4.9%, accelerating from 2.6% and beating expectations for a 3.0% increase. In China, the Shanghai Composite was down 0.9%, while the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong fell 1.9%. The S&P/ASX 200 in Sydney was down 0.3%.
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 21st May 2026:
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Bunzl
Imperial Brands
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UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 21st May 2026:
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