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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Entain | 588.8 | 8.2% |
| Antofagasta | 3,373.0 | 7.3% |
| Croda International | 2,697.0 | 5.6% |
| Anglo American | 3,025.0 | 5.5% |
| International Consolidated Airlines Grou | 361.3 | 4.5% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| BT Group | 199.7 | -5.9% |
| BAE Systems | 2,140.0 | -4.9% |
| BP | 538.6 | -4.2% |
| Tesco | 452.7 | -3.5% |
| Admiral Group | 3,102.0 | -3.3% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 9,894 | 0.2% | 14.4% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 46,208 | 1.4% | 10.1% |
| DAX INDEX | 22,654 | 1.2% | 1.0% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 51,515 | 3.5% | 37.0% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,366 | 0.7% | 5.4% |
| Commodity | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 89.17 | 1.18% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 99.94 | 10.92% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 4,413 | 0.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 550 | 0.5% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +12 points at at 9,906. The UK 100 looks set to open marginally higher this morning, having seen a sharp intraday uptick yesterday.
Stocks rallied Monday after President Donald Trump said the U.S. and Iran have held talks and that he was halting strikes on Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure. The development gave investors hope that the Middle East conflict that spiked oil prices and raised fears of a global recession was nearing an end. The Dow Jones jumped 631 points, or 1.38%, to close at 46,208.47. The S&P rose 1.15%, and ended at 6,581.00, while the Nasdaq gained 1.38% and settled at 21,946.76. Before Trump’s comments, which he posted on Truth Social early Monday, futures were pointing to more losses for equity markets under siege from skyrocketing oil prices and uncertainty about the duration of the Iran conflict. But after Trump’s comments, Dow futures briefly surged more than 1,000 points. At their highs of the day, the three leading U.S. indexes were up more than 2%. The Dow saw a peak of more than 1,100 points, or 2.5%. The Nasdaq was also up 2.5%, while the S&P 500 advanced 2.2%.
Asia traded higher but faded. Nikkei +1.27%, Hang Seng +2.07%, CSI 300 +0.6%. US futures softer with S&P −0.37%, Nasdaq −0.39%, Dow −0.39%. Europe saw a sharp reversal. STOXX 600 +0.5% after being down −2.3%. Energy lagged while banks, travel and luxury led.
Kingfisher today reported a 6% rise in annual profit and said it expects to deliver an improved bottom-line performance in the new financial year. The profit haul for the year to 31 January came in at £560 million, driven by strong UK trading after like-for-like sales growth of 3.3% at B&Q and 3.2% at Screwfix. Kingfisher’s Castorama and Brico Depot chains in France and its stores in Poland posted weaker sales performances. The group’s guidance for the current period points to a profit figure of between £565 million and £625 million.
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Fevertree Drinks (FEVR) – Full Year Results
Kingfisher (KGF) – Full Year Results
S4 Capital (SFOR) – Full Year Results
Bellway (BWY) – Interim Results
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GameStop Corp (NYSE:GME) AMC
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W.A.G Payment Solutions (EWG) – Full Year Results
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EU HCOB PMI
UK S&P Global PMI
ECB’s Kocher speech
ECB’s Sleijpen speech
US ADP Employment Change 4-week average
US Nonfarm Productivity
US Unit Labor Costs
ECB’s Cipollone speech
US S&P Global PMI
ECB’s Nagel speech
ECB’s Lane speech
Fed’s Barr speech
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 26th March 2026:
British American Tobacco
Mondi
Segro
St James Place
Smith & Nephew
Aviva
Prudential
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 26th March 2026:
MONY Group
International Personal Finance
Hammerson
Lion Finance Group
Primary Health Properties
Volution Group
Ithaca Energy
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