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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Babcock International Group | 1,056.5 | 5.5% |
| BAE Systems | 1,982.5 | 5.5% |
| AstraZeneca | 14,538.0 | 4.9% |
| Melrose Industries | 498.7 | 4.9% |
| St James’s Place | 1,276.5 | 4.1% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Polar Capital Technology Trust | 679.0 | -3.6% |
| Entain | 540.0 | -2.1% |
| Computacenter | 4,328.0 | -2.0% |
| JD Sports Fashion | 83.1 | -1.3% |
| Prudential | 1,027.0 | -1.3% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 10,653 | 1.7% | 21.4% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 52,900 | 1.1% | 18.9% |
| DAX INDEX | 25,581 | 2.2% | 7.5% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 68,733 | 2.5% | 72.8% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,724 | 0.0% | 1.5% |
| Commodity | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 68.51 | 0.26% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 71.80 | 0.32% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 4,123 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 617 | 0.1% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +37 points at at 10,689. London stocks are set to open higher on Friday as investors continue to assess Thursday’s weaker-than-expected US jobs report ahead of a series of composite PMI readings.
The Dow Jones scaled to record highs on Thursday as investors reacted to a weaker-than-expected nonfarm payrolls report for June, while the Nasdaq languished as semiconductors struggled once again.
The 30-stock average added 594.83 points, or 1.14%, for a record close of 52,900.07. The index hit a new all-time intraday high of 52,903.85. The S&P rose less than 1 point to end at 7,483.24, while the Nasdaq dropped 0.8% to 25,832.67.
In Asia, markets were broadly stronger. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 rose 1.3% after Japan’s service sector returned to growth in June. The S&P Global Japan composite purchasing managers’ index increased to 52.8 in June from 51.1 in May, beating the earlier flash reading of 52.5. The services PMI rose to 52.2 from 50.0, also ahead of the flash estimate. In China, the Shanghai Composite gained 0.7%, while the Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong rose 1.1%. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 advanced 1.4%.
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ECB’s President Lagarde speech
EU HCOB Composite PMI
ECB’s Nagel speech
BoE’s Governor Bailey speech
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 9th July 2026:
British American Tobacco
Halma
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 9th July 2026:
Sirius Real Estate
AO World
Oxford Instruments
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