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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Fresnillo | 3,412.0 | 6.8% |
| Antofagasta | 3,316.0 | 3.3% |
| Airtel Africa | 355.4 | 3.3% |
| Glencore | 406.5 | 2.5% |
| Anglo American | 3,056.0 | 2.4% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Experian | 3,409.0 | -0.6% |
| Pershing Square Holdings | 4,794.0 | -0.6% |
| Intertek Group | 4,630.0 | -0.6% |
| DCC | 4,672.0 | -0.4% |
| ConvaTec Group | 242.2 | -0.3% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| FTSE 100 INDEX | 9,941 | 0.8% | 22.4% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 48,367 | -0.2% | 13.6% |
| DAX INDEX | 24,490 | 0.6% | 23.0% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 50,339 | -0.4% | 26.2% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,717 | -0.1% | 6.8% |
| Commodity | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 57.95 | 0.22% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 61.92 | 0.03% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 4,339 | 0.2% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 578 | 3.9% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +16 points at 9,956. The UK 100 looks set to open higher again this morning, ahead of the final and shortened trading session of the year. London stocks finished the last full trading day of 2025 on the front foot, with the UK 100 adding 74 points yesterday to close at 9,940.
The S&P fell modestly on Tuesday, notching a third consecutive losing session. The broad market S&P lost 0.14% and closed at 6,896.24, while the Nasdaq slipped 0.24% and settled at 23,419.08. The Dow Jones shed 94.87 points, or 0.20%, and ended at 48,367.06. The three major averages have slumped to start the week, dragged down by losses in tech. Nvidia posted back-to-back losing sessions, as did fellow AI play Palantir Technologies.
Stock markets in the Asia-Pacific region traded mixed in the afternoon of the last session of 2025. Investors assessed the latest reports on China’s manufacturing sector, which showed that the activity in the sector improved slightly in December. Additionally, South Korea’s annual inflation declined to 2.3% in the last month of the year, remaining above the Bank of Korea’s target of 2%. On the Chinese mainland, the Shanghai Composite advanced by 0.17% while the Shenzhen Composite lost 0.0.10%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng slipped by 0.87% at the close, while Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was flat at the end of today’s shortened session. Markets in South Korea and Japan were closed for the holidays.
Harbour Energy said it has been appointed operator of the Zama oil project offshore Mexico after an agreement between the project’s partners. The Zama oil field, discovered in 2017 and successfully appraised in 2018 and 2019, is estimated to contain approximately 750 million barrels of oil equivalent of gross recoverable resources. Harbour said the next step will be to complete engineering and design work in 2026 ahead of a final investment decision.
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 2nd January 2026:
Auto Trader Group
F&C Investment Trust
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 2nd January 2026:
Big Yellow Group
IntegraFin Holdings
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