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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Babcock International Group PLC | 1,144.0 | 10.8% |
| Jd Sports Fashion PLC | 78.4 | 2.3% |
| Fresnillo PLC | 1,439.0 | 2.1% |
| Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC | 1,022.5 | -1.7% |
| Endeavour Mining PLC | 2,246.0 | -1.5% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| WPP PLC | 505.0 | -3.3% |
| Easyjet PLC | 525.2 | -2.6% |
| Anglo American PLC | 2,005.5 | -2.4% |
| Berkeley Group Holdings (The) PLC | 3,816.0 | -2.2% |
| Croda International PLC | 2,993.0 | -2.2% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,719 | -0.5% | 5.7% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 42,982 | -0.3% | 9.9% |
| DAX INDEX | 23,498 | -0.6% | 29.3% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 38,942 | 0.4% | -1.8% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,559 | 0.0% | 10.0% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 64.92 | 0.85% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 67.59 | 0.67% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 3,333 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 497 | 1.0% |
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The UK 100 called to open -5 points this morning at 8,713. The UK 100 looks set to dip slightly on the open today as new catalysts are awaited from Global markets and traders alike.
The S&P ended the session near the flatline on Wednesday as investors watched to see if the benchmark index could return to its all-time high. The broad market index was little changed, ending the session at 6,092.16, while the Nasdaq added 0.31% to close at 19,973.55. The Dow Jones slipped 106.59 points, or 0.25%, settling at 42,982.43. Shares of artificial intelligence darling Nvidia added 4.3% after hitting a record high. Google-parent company Alphabet and chipmaker AMD gained 2.3% and 3.6%.
The S&P 500 was less than 1% below 6,147.43, the intraday record set on Feb. 19. It was also within reach of its closing all-time high of 6,144.15. On top of that, the Nasdaq was just over 1% off its peak reached in December.
In Asia this morning, the Nikkei 225 capitalised on the tech sector momentum with a rise 1.6% to a four-month high, whereas the Hang Seng index lost 0.8%.
Associated British Foods on Thursday said it plans to close its Vivergo bioethanol plant if the government is unable to provide it with funding.
Shell today issued a stock market statement confirming it has no interest in a takeover of BP. The oil giant said: “In response to recent media speculation Shell wishes to clarify that it has not been actively considering making an offer for BP and confirms it has not made an approach to, and no talks have taken place with, BP with regards to a possible offer.” Shell said it will be bound by the restrictions of the Takeover Code, meaning it will not be able to make an approach to BP for six months outside of certain circumstances. It added: “We remain focused on delivering more value with less emissions through performance, discipline and simplification.”
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Moonpig Group (MOON)
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EU leaders summit
GfK Consumer Confidence Survey
BoE’s Breeden speech
BoE’s Greene speech
BoE’s Governor Bailey speech
US Core Personal Consumption Expenditures
US Durable Goods Orders
US Gross Domestic Product
US Initial Jobless Claims
Fed’s Hammack speech
BoE’s Lombardelli speech
Fed’s Barr speech
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 26th June 2025:
British American Tobacco
International Consolidated Airlines Group
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 26th June 2025:
WAG Payment Solutions
Premier Foods
Caledonia Investments
Hollywood Bowl Goup
Sirius Retail Estate
discoverIE Group
B&M European Value Retail
Ocean Wilson Holdings
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