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Morning Report - 18 June 2026

Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders Price (p) % Chg
Endeavour Mining 4,434.0 5.0%
Persimmon 1,119.0 3.8%
Barclays 503.5 3.4%
Weir Group 2,502.0 2.7%
Barratt Redrow 261.9 2.7%
Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards Price (p) % Chg
J Sainsbury 301.4 -2.6%
Burberry Group 1,127.5 -2.6%
British American Tobacco 4,471.0 -2.6%
Rightmove 427.2 -2.2%
British Land Company 412.0 -2.0%
Major World Indices Price % Chg 1 Year
UK 100 INDEX 10,509 0.1% 18.8%
DOW JONES INDUS. AVG 51,493 1.0% 22.1%
DAX INDEX 24,935 0.1% 6.9%
NIKKEI 225 71,142 1.8% 83.0%
S&P/ASX 200 INDEX 8,911 0.6% 4.5%
Commodity Units Price % Chg
WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) USD/bbl. 74.63 2.81%
Brent Crude (ICE) USD/bbl. 77.60 2.45%
Gold Spot USD/t oz. 4,301 1.0%
Copper (Comex) USd/lb. 646 1.5%
The UK 100 is called to open -52 points at at 10,456.

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Markets Overview:


The UK 100 is called to open -52 points at at 10,456. 
The UK 100 looks set to open lower this morning, ahead of today’s Bank of England meeting.

US stocks finished lower overnight after the Fed held rates steady, but pointed to a weaker economic outlook and new chair Kevin Warsh signalled that he would meaningfully scale back the level of forward guidance the central bank gives in future.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq led the losses, falling 1.3%, with the S&P dropping 1.2% and the Dow Jones falling 1%. The Magnificent Seven tech giants fell nearly 3% and SpaceX also had its first down day, losing almost 5%.

Company News & Broker Comments:

 

Company News:

 

Tesco, said ​on Thursday underlying UK ‌sales growth slowed ​in its first quarter but it continued to gain market share and left ‌its profit guidance for the full-year unchanged.  The impact of the Iran war on energy prices, with knock-on effects on consumer spending, is adding ‌to the challenges the UK retail sector and the wider ‌economy face. Tesco, which has an over 28% share of the British grocery market, said UK like-for-like sales rose 1.8% in the 13 weeks to May ⁠30 – ​below analysts’ average ⁠forecast of 2.3% and compared to growth of 3.1% in the previous ⁠quarter.  Tesco kept its forecast for adjusted operating profit of £3.0 billion to £3.3 billion ($4.0-$4.4 billion) for its year to end-February ⁠2027, versus the £3.152 billion made in 2025/26. Analysts were on average forecasting ⁠profit of £3.25 ⁠billion for 2026/27 ahead of Thursday’s update.

Reporting Today:

 

UK

FirstGroup (FGP) – Full Year Results

Tesco (TSCO) – Trading Announcement

 

US

Accenture  Class A (NYSE:ACN) PMO

 

Reporting Tomorrow:

 

UK

None

 

US

None

In Focus Today:

 

UK Average Earnings

UK Claimant Count Change

UK Employment Change

UK ILO Unemployment Rate

BoE Interest Rate Decision

BoE Minutes

BoE Monetary Policy Summary

BoE MPC Vote

US Initial Jobless Claims

Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Survey

Today’s Ex-Dividends:

 

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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