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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Airtel Africa | 344.2 | 2.5% |
| ConvaTec Group | 243.0 | 2.1% |
| Land Securities Group | 620.0 | 2.1% |
| British Land Co | 398.8 | 1.7% |
| Mondi | 904.4 | 1.4% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Endeavour Mining | 3,818.0 | -4.0% |
| Babcock International Group | 1,217.0 | -3.4% |
| Pershing Square Holdings | 4,822.0 | -1.6% |
| InterContinental Hotels Group | 10,365.0 | -1.4% |
| Halma | 3,520.0 | -1.4% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 9,867 | -0.3% | 21.0% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 48,478 | 0.5% | 12.6% |
| DAX INDEX | 24,351 | 0.1% | 21.9% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 50,527 | 0.4% | 26.7% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,726 | 0.4% | 6.0% |
| Commodity | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 57.89 | 2.03% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 61.72 | 1.78% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 4,329 | 4.5% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 557 | 4.7% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +4 points at 9,870. The UK 100 is seen opening a touch higher, after finishing little changed on Monday amid declines in precious metal miners and defence shares.
Stocks fell Stateside on Monday, spurred by losses in technology, after the S&P 500 scaled to record levels last week. The S&P dropped 0.35% and closed at 6,905.74, while the Nasdaq shed 0.50% and settled at 23,474.35. The Dow Jones pulled back by 249.04 points, or 0.51%, and ended at 48,461.93.
Asian markets were subdued in holiday-thin trading. MSCI Asia-Pacific ex-Japan inched up about 0.1% and is on track for an annual gain of 26.7%, its best since 2017. Japan’s Nikkei eased 0.1% but is up roughly 26% for the year. China’s CSI300 rose 0.2% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng gained 0.4%. Australia closed marginally lower in the final full session of the year. The ASX 200 ended down 0.1% at 8,717.1, with profit-taking hitting miners and gold stocks while financials rebounded. The index is up 6.9% year-to-date, lagging global peers this year.
Precious metals are stabilising after an abrupt margin-driven reset. Silver rebounded after logging its biggest one-day fall since August 2020 on Monday, while gold recovered from its sharpest daily loss since October. Spot gold is up about 1.1% near $4,378 per ounce after hitting a record $4,549.71 on Friday and sliding hard on Monday. Gold is up roughly 66% in 2025.Spot silver is up around 3.7% near $74.85 per ounce after topping out at an all-time high of $83.62. Silver is up about 154% year-to-date.
Ocado said on Tuesday that its exclusivity with retailers for its technology allowing them to pick and dispatch online food orders from vast robotic warehouses has ended in most markets, including in the U.S. with Kroger.
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 2nd January 2026:
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UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 2nd January 2026:
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