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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Hiscox | 1,841.0 | 12.3% |
| 3i Group | 2,120.0 | 4.6% |
| JD Sports Fashion | 72.0 | 2.5% |
| RELX | 2,423.0 | 2.5% |
| BP | 552.2 | 2.1% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Fresnillo | 3,193.0 | -4.2% |
| Compass Group | 31.5 | -3.8% |
| Antofagasta | 3,649.0 | -3.6% |
| Anglo American | 3,657.0 | -3.3% |
| Endeavour Mining | 4,370.0 | -3.0% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 10,331 | 0.1% | 17.7% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 49,364 | 0.7% | 15.7% |
| DAX INDEX | 24,401 | 0.4% | 1.5% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 59,871 | 1.1% | 59.5% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,497 | 1.3% | 1.8% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 103.02 | 1.08% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 110.16 | 1.01% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 4,467 | 0.3% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 620 | 0.0% |
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The UK 100 is called to open -42 points at at 10,288. The UK 100 and other European markets are expected to start in red on Wednesday as market sentiment remains uncertain in the face of a lack of progress around Middle Eastern peace talks.
Fresh from the Office for National Statistics was news that UK consumer price inflation eased to 2.8% in April from 3.3% March, almost entirely thanks to the energy price cap that came in last month. Overnight on Wall Street, selling dominated as the Dow Jones and the S&P both dropped 0.7%, and the Nasdaq slid 0.8% as government bonds continued to exert pressure.
Asian markets are red this morning, with the Nikkei down 1.4%, the Hang Seng sliding 0.7% and India’s Sensex 0.1%.
British Land says demand for office space in London from AI and technology companies is supporting its results. The real estate group points to interest from tenants including Anthropic, the creator of Claude, as a factor helping offset a slowdown in rental growth as its retail parks near full occupancy. The company reports underlying profit of 294 million pounds, or $393.6 million, for the year ended March 31. That is above analyst expectations of 291 million pounds, based on a company-compiled consensus.
Marks & Spencer said it had seen “a year of two halves” after a cyber attack hit sales and led to a sharp fall in profit. The retailer suffered a £131m hit from the attack which caused severe disruption for three months. The chain said it had bounced back from the incident and enters 2026/27 with a clear plan and a strong balance sheet that will see profit growth resume. For the year to 28 March it saw a 23.8% fall in adjusted profit before tax to £671.4m, though the second half was up 4.1%. Statutory profit before tax was down 28.8% at £364.6m. Food sales rose 7%, fashion, Home & Beauty sales were down 7.7% and International sales 7.2% lower. The board is proposing a 16.7% rise in the full year dividend to 4.2p. The company opened 12 food and 3 full line stores during the period. Higher fuel and freight costs due to the Iran war, on top of a heavier tax and regulatory burden, have added to pressures across the high street.
UK
British Land Co (BLND) – Full Year Results
Experian (EXPN) – Full Year Results
Marks & Spencer Group (MKS) – Full Year Results
RS Group (RS1) – Full Year Results
Severn Trent (SVT) – Full Year Results
US
Intuit (INTU) AMC
NVIDIA (NVDA) AMC
UK
Autotrader Group (AUTO) – Full Year Results
BT Group (BT.A) – Full Year Results
ConvaTec Group (CTEC) – Trading Update
AJ Bell (AJB) – Interim Results
easyJet (EZJ) – Half Year Results
Sage Group (SGE) – Half Year Results
US
Deere & Co (DE) PMO
Walmart (WMT) PMO
Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO) AMC
Fed’s Paulson speech
UK Consumer Price Index
UK Producer Price Index
UK Retail Price Index
EU Non-Monetary Policy ECB Meeting
EU Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices
FOMC Minutes
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 21st May 2026:
Whitbread
Bunzl
Imperial Brands
Shell
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 21st May 2026:
TBC Bank Group
Grainger
Bellway
Spire Healthcare Group
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