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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| RELX | 2,583.0 | 6.0% |
| London Stock Exchange Group | 9,162.0 | 5.3% |
| JD Sports Fashion | 87.5 | 4.7% |
| Experian | 2,610.0 | 3.5% |
| Sage Group | 883.2 | 3.5% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Prudential | 975.6 | -7.5% |
| Standard Chartered | 1,883.5 | -6.4% |
| HSBC Holdings | 1,332.0 | -4.3% |
| Antofagasta | 4,149.0 | -3.3% |
| Rio Tinto | 7,825.0 | -3.1% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 10,360 | 0.3% | 17.7% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 51,562 | 1.7% | 21.8% |
| DAX INDEX | 24,945 | 0.6% | 2.6% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 66,588 | 1.3% | 77.3% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,625 | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Commodity | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 92.77 | 0.29% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 95.09 | 0.06% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 4,454 | 0.5% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 641 | 1.9% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +35 points at at 10,395. The UK 100 looks set to open slightly higher on Friday, as investors weigh fresh tensions in the Iran conflict ahead of key US jobs data later in the day.
Fresh strikes were reported in Lebanon just hours after Israel and Lebanon agreed to implement a ceasefire on Wednesday, with the deal contingent on an end to attacks by Hezbollah.
Hezbollah is not a party to the agreement, and the leader of the Iran-backed militant group has already rejected the pact.
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump said he would be open to meeting Iran’s new supreme leader if a deal to end the war can be reached. He also claimed that “progress has been made” in efforts to end the fighting in Lebanon
In the US yesterday, Wall Street ended mostly higher, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 1.7%, the S&P 500 up 0.4% and the Nasdaq Composite marginally lower.
In Asia this morning, the Nikkei 225 index in Tokyo was down 1.2%. In China, the Shanghai Composite was up 0.1%, while the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong fell 1.0%. The S&P/ASX 200 in Sydney was down 0.7%.
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BoE’s Dhingra speech
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 4th June 2026:
ICG
Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 11th June 2026:
C&C Group
B&M European Value Retail
RS Group
3i Infrastructure
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