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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| JD Sports Fashion PLC | 87.9 | 7.6% |
| Ashtead Group PLC | 4,732.0 | 5.6% |
| Melrose Industries PLC | 536.0 | 3.6% |
| Standard Chartered PLC | 1,219.0 | 2.8% |
| IMI PLC | 2,116.0 | 2.4% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Endeavour Mining PLC | 2,176.0 | -4.2% |
| Fresnillo PLC | 1,433.0 | -4.2% |
| Babcock International Group PLC | 1,137.0 | -1.7% |
| BAE Systems PLC | 1,862.0 | -1.4% |
| Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC | 6,640.0 | -1.0% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,799 | 0.7% | 7.8% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 43,819 | 1.0% | 12.0% |
| DAX INDEX | 24,033 | 1.6% | 31.8% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 40,429 | 0.7% | 3.1% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,542 | 0.3% | 10.0% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 65.27 | -0.38% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 67.61 | -0.24% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 3,295 | 0.6% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 513 | 0.1% |
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The UK 100 called to open +1 points this morning at 8,799. The UK 100 looks set to open just a single point higher at the open this morning, on the verge of the 8800 barrier once more, this follows a strong showing on Friday for the UK’s blue-chip index.
In Asia this morning, the Nikkei 225 today continued its strong run, setting a year high after technology stocks benefited from Friday’s robust finish on Wall Street. The Tokyo-based benchmark improved another 0.8% to stand at 40,481.94, whereas the Hang Seng index slipped 0.3%.
On Friday The S&P hit fresh records on as traders managed to look past new comments from President Donald Trump tied to U.S.-Canada tariffs. The broad market index’s rise to new highs marks a sharp turnaround from the lows seen in April during the height of trade policy tensions. The benchmark added 0.52% and closed at a record of 6,173.07. Earlier in the session, the S&P 500 rose as much as 0.76% to a high of 6,187.68, taking out its previous record of 6,147.43. The Nasdaq, which also hit an all-time high and closed at a record, rose 0.52% to 20,273.46. The Dow Jones added 432.43 points, or 1%, settling at 43,819.27.
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