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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Endeavour Mining PLC | 2,550.0 | 2.3% |
| BAE Systems PLC | 1,759.5 | 1.9% |
| Babcock International Group PLC | 996.5 | 1.7% |
| Natwest Group PLC | 562.8 | 1.6% |
| Prudential PLC | 1,007.0 | 1.5% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Legal & General Group PLC | 254.4 | -2.4% |
| Schroders PLC | 390.6 | -1.9% |
| Persimmon PLC | 1,103.0 | -1.8% |
| Croda International PLC | 2,512.0 | -1.8% |
| Barratt Redrow PLC | 371.1 | -1.8% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 9,309 | 0.2% | 12.3% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 44,786 | -0.3% | 10.0% |
| DAX INDEX | 24,293 | 0.1% | 31.4% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 42,633 | 0.1% | 11.4% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,967 | -0.6% | 11.7% |
| Copper (Comex) | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 63.65 | 0.20% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 67.79 | 0.18% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 3,326 | -0.4% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 450 | -0.2% |
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The UK 100 called to open -6 points this morning at 9,303. The UK 100 ended the session yesterday at a third consecutive record close, ending the session above 9300 for the first time.
Data out this morning showed the GfK’s consumer confidence index has increased by two points to minus 17, driven by an improvement in personal finances following a cut to interest rates.
In contrast stocks fell broadly in the US yesterday, with the S& sliding for a fifth day in a row, as traders look to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech on Friday. The broad-market index shed 0.4% and closed at 6,370.17, while the Nasdaq slid 0.34% and settled at 21,100.31. The Dow Jones fell 152.81 points, or 0.34%, ending at 44,785.50.
Asian stocks rose on Friday, although gains were muted as investors hunkered down in anticipation of more cues on U.S. interest rates from an upcoming address by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Japanese shares were a mixed bag as consumer inflation data for July showed price growth remaining well above the Bank of Japan’s annual target, a trend that could push the bank into raising interest rates further. Regional markets took middling cues from a negative session on Wall Street, as technology shares continued to decline, while mixed earnings from Walmart also weighed. S&P 500 Futures were mildly higher in Asian trade, with focus chiefly on Powell’s address at the Jackson Hole Symposium later in the day. His speech comes amid growing doubts over whether the Fed will cut interest rates in September, especially after the minutes of the central bank’s July meeting struck a hawkish note.
Serica Energy announces the first lifting of oil from the Triton FPSO since the resumption of production is underway. Production continues to ramp up in line with the previously stated plan, with the restart of production from certain wells on the Bittern field (Serica: 64.6%) having been followed by wells on the Evelyn (Serica: 100%), Gannet E (Serica: 100%), and Guillemot West (Serica: 10%) fields being brought online.
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 28th August 2025:
Aviva
Croda International
LondonMetric Property
Glencore
Auto Trader Group
Alliance Wttan
Games Workshop Group
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 28th August 2025:
ZIGUP
RHI Magnesita N.V.
Page Group
OSB Group
Dr. Martens
Diversified Energy Company
Currys
PayPoint
Quilter
Genuit Group
Clarkson
Savills
Serco Group
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