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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| SSE | 2,449.0 | 2.9% |
| HSBC Holdings | 1,528.4 | 1.6% |
| Severn Trent | 3,146.0 | 1.5% |
| Standard Chartered | 2,177.0 | 1.4% |
| IMI | 3,112.0 | 1.3% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Babcock International Group | 1,056.5 | -2.4% |
| BAE Systems | 2,044.0 | -2.3% |
| Airtel Africa | 332.8 | -2.1% |
| Sage Group | 1,084.3 | -1.7% |
| Auto Trader Group | 528.0 | -1.5% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 10,824 | 0.3% | 17.7% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 53,186 | -0.7% | 16.8% |
| DAX INDEX | 26,258 | 1.2% | 9.9% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 66,312 | -0.1% | 57.2% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 9,076 | -0.2% | 1.7% |
| Commodity | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 86.23 | 3.39% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 90.66 | 2.89% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 4,447 | 0.2% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 669 | 0.5% |
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The UK 100 is called to open -54 points at at 10,770. Stocks in London are set to open lower this morning as investors weigh renewed tensions between the US and Iran alongside a fresh batch of manufacturing data and UK inflation indicators.
Financial markets in the UK were closed on Monday for the Summer Bank Holiday.
Brent oil was trading at $90.84 a barrel early Tuesday, higher than $90.33 late Monday. US President Donald Trump threatened to hit Iran “hard” after the two countries exchanged fire for the first time in more than a month, while Iran’s president warned that further fighting with the US was not in the country’s interest.
After six months of conflict, the two sides remain at an impasse, with Iran keeping the Strait of Hormuz closed and the US maintaining a naval counter-blockade of Iranian ports. Late on Sunday, the US said it had carried out strikes on an Iranian island in the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran quickly retaliated by attacking US military targets in the Middle East, raising fears of a
renewed escalation in hostilities.
In the US on Monday, Wall Street ended lower, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.7%, the S&P 500 down 0.3% and the Nasdaq Composite down 0.1%.
In Asia on Tuesday, the Nikkei 225 index in Tokyo was down 0.1%.
Frasers Group has increased its direct stake in Hugo Boss to 47.89% after its voluntary takeover offer for the German fashion group closed.
UK
No noteworthy announcements
US
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) PMO
NIO Inc ADR (NYSE:NIO) PMO
Dell Technologies Inc (NYSE:DELL) AMC
Palo Alto Networks Inc (NASDAQ:PANW) AMC
UK
No noteworthy announcements
US
Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO) AMC
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (NYSE:HPE) AMC
Snowflake Inc Ordinary Shares (NYSE:SNOW) AMC
EU Core Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices
EU Unemployment Rate
ECB’s Nagel speech
US ISM Manufacturing PMI
US JOLTS Job Openings
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 3rd September 2026:
Admiral Group
Antofagasta
Aviva
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 3rd September 2026:
Ithaca Energy
Hammerson
Chesnara
Foresight Environmental Infrastructure
Rathbones Group
Vesuvius
Derwent London
Utilico Emerging Markets Trust
Hochschild Mining
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