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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| BP | 541.3 | 5.2% |
| Reckitt Benckiser Group | 5,360.0 | 4.4% |
| Rentokil Initial | 356.9 | 3.2% |
| Tesco | 471.5 | 3.1% |
| Airtel Africa | 342.2 | 2.8% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Endeavour Mining | 4,484.0 | -5.4% |
| Antofagasta | 3,828.0 | -5.2% |
| Weir | 2,706.0 | -4.9% |
| Fresnillo | 3,016.0 | -4.9% |
| Rolls Royce Holdings | 1,459.2 | -4.6% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 10,789 | -0.3% | 17.3% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 52,767 | -0.8% | 15.9% |
| DAX INDEX | 25,970 | -1.1% | 8.0% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 66,215 | -0.2% | 56.5% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 9,067 | -0.1% | 1.9% |
| Commodity | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 90.22 | 5.20% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 95.14 | 5.14% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 4,329 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 660 | 1.3% |
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The UK 100 is called to open -32 points at at 10,756. Stocks in London are set to open lower on Wednesday as renewed military action between the US and Iran pushed oil prices higher and weighed on sentiment across global markets.
US forces struck Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in response to what Washington said were attempted attacks on commercial shipping and American troops, with President Donald Trump vowing a forceful response to any retaliation.
Iranian state television reported several explosions in the country’s south along the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
Trump said the “large and powerful” strikes were “in retaliation for the Iranians’ failed attempt at adding sea mines to the Strait” and for “the Iranians shooting eight missiles, all successfully knocked down, at our Military Base in Jordan.”
In the US on Tuesday, Wall Street ended lower, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.8%, the S&P 500 down 0.7% and the Nasdaq Composite down 1.0%.
In Asia on Wednesday, the Nikkei 225 index in Tokyo fell 2.7%. In China, the Shanghai Composite lost 0.7%, while the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong was down 0.5%.
Halma, today announces that it is acquiring Pyxis1, a specialist provider of water quality monitoring and analysis technology.
UK
No noteworthy announcements
US
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (NYSE:HPE) AMC
Snowflake Inc Ordinary Shares (NYSE:SNOW) AMC
UK
Grafton Group (GFTU) – Half Year Results 2026
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Docusign Inc (NASDAQ:DOCU) AMC
Lululemon Athletica Inc (NASDAQ:LULU) AMC
UiPath Inc Class A (NYSE:PATH) AMC
US ADP Employment Change
US Factory Orders
Fed’s Beige Book
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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