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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Endeavour Mining PLC | 2,400.0 | 2.9% |
| Bae Systems PLC | 1,939.0 | 2.9% |
| Fresnillo PLC | 1,445.0 | 2.2% |
| Babcock International Group PLC | 1,052.0 | 1.9% |
| Tesco PLC | 398.2 | 1.7% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. | 316.7 | -3.7% |
| Schroders PLC | 355.8 | -3.4% |
| Easyjet PLC | 543.6 | -2.7% |
| Intermediate Capital Group PLC | 1,921.0 | -2.5% |
| GSK PLC | 1,511.5 | -2.5% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,851 | -0.4% | 8.6% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 42,198 | -1.8% | 9.4% |
| DAX INDEX | 23,516 | -1.1% | 30.6% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 38,318 | 1.3% | -1.4% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,548 | 0.0% | 10.7% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 73.47 | 0.67% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 74.58 | 0.47% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 3,419 | -0.4% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 487 | 0.0% |
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The UK 100 called to open +10 points this morning at 8,859. The UK 100 looks set to open higher this morning as investors are seeming to push conflict in the Middle East to one side, this follows a positive trading session in Asia this morning.
Markets in Asia seem to have shrugged off much of the worry this morning, with the Nikkei up over 1% in Tokyo and India’s Sensex up 0.7%, with smaller gains in China.
On Friday the Dow Jones fell 769.83 points, or 1.79%, ending at 42,197.79. The S&P dropped 1.13% to close at 5,976.97, while the Nasdaq lost 1.30% and settled at 19,406.83. Nvidia and other stocks that have led the market’s comeback from the April lows dropped as investors shed risk. Oil and defence stocks were higher. Exxon added 2%, while Lockheed Martin and RTX each jumped more than 3%.
BT chief eyes deeper job cuts as AI becomes more powerful. Kirkby also says ‘the time to reconsider’ BT Openreach spin off would be after it had finished upgrading its network to full fibre.
RELX today announced the commencement of 2nd trance of share buyback of up to £175m
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ECB’s Nagel speech
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 19th June 2025:
Persimmon
Airtel Africa
Compass Group
Experian
3i Group
United Utilities Group
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 19th June 2025:
British Land Company
Tate & Lyle
MITIE Group
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