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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| RELX | 2,540.0 | 2.8% |
| Experian | 2,875.0 | 2.7% |
| BP | 533.5 | 2.7% |
| Burberry Group | 1,074.5 | 2.3% |
| AstraZeneca | 11,806.0 | 2.1% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Polar Capital Technology Trust | 657.0 | -4.2% |
| Halma | 3,570.0 | -3.6% |
| Babcock International Group | 1,138.5 | -3.3% |
| Weir | 2,586.0 | -3.2% |
| Lion Finance Group | 12,910.0 | -3.1% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 10,728 | 0.1% | 17.2% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 53,343 | -0.2% | 18.8% |
| DAX INDEX | 26,128 | -0.8% | 7.5% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 67,461 | -2.5% | 54.9% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 9,070 | 0.0% | 2.0% |
| Commodity | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 85.12 | 0.73% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 91.07 | 0.22% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 4,339 | 1.8% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 656 | 2.4% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +6 points at at 10,734. Stocks in London are set to open marginally higher on Wednesday as investors digest UK inflation data. UK consumer prices rose 0.3% last month, in line with forecasts and up from June’s 0.1% monthly increase. On a year-on-year basis, CPI remained at 2.6%, which was slightly ahead of the forecast 2.5%. Producer input prices rose 4.9%, well below forecasts of 6.6% and slowing from 7.4% previously, suggesting some easing in cost pressures for manufacturers. Core PPI rose 0.6%, against 0.5% previously, while core RPI accelerated to 0.6% from 0.3%.
US President Donald Trump said no talks with Iran are underway or planned, despite earlier suggestions from senior officials that negotiations were progressing.
Trump also posted a map on social media depicting the Strait of Hormuz as American territory, stepping up his rhetoric as the nearly six-month conflict with Iran showed little sign of resolution.
In the US on Tuesday, Wall Street ended lower, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.2%, the S&P 500 down 0.7% and the Nasdaq Composite down 1.3%.
In Asia on Wednesday, Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index fell 3.1%. In China, the Shanghai Composite lost 2.1%, while the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong edged up 0.1%.
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