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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Diageo | 1,732.5 | 5.6% |
| Admiral Group | 3,900.0 | 5.2% |
| Vodafone Group | 119.3 | 4.3% |
| Metlen Energy & Metals | 50.1 | 3.4% |
| Persimmon | 1,155.5 | 2.9% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Tritax Big Box REIT | 164.5 | -4.2% |
| RELX | 2,603.0 | -4.1% |
| IG Group Holdings | 1,312.0 | -2.8% |
| Melrose Industries | 477.2 | -2.8% |
| Rolls Royce Holdings | 1,533.4 | -2.4% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year |
| UK 100 INDEX | 10,868 | 0.2% | 18.6% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 53,885 | 0.9% | 21.9% |
| DAX INDEX | 26,140 | 0.1% | 9.3% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 65,683 | 0.9% | 60.0% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 9,272 | 0.5% | 5.0% |
| Commodity | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 78.10 | 1.05% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 82.49 | 3.83% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 4,239 | 0.0% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 672 | 0.1% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +5 points at at 10,872. Stocks in London are set to open marginally higher on Friday as investors assess fresh US trade measures, firmer oil prices and will closely watch the US jobs report later in the day.
US President Donald Trump signed an order imposing tariffs on imports of polysilicon, a key material used in the production of solar panels and semiconductors, a White House official said.
In the US on Thursday, Wall Street ended lower, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.9%, the S&P 500 down 0.2% and the Nasdaq Composite down 0.1%.
In Asia on Friday, the Nikkei 225 index in Tokyo slipped 0.2%, after Japanese household spending fell for a second consecutive month.
JD Sports Fashion today announces that Peter Agnefjäll has been appointed as Chair of the Board, effective from 1st September 2026.
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 13th August 2026:
Aberdeen Group
Rio Tinto
NatWest Group
BP
Fresnillo
Tritax Big Box REIT
IG Group Holdings
Rentokil Initial
GSK
Shell
Hiscox
Haleon
Pearson
London Stock Exchange Group
Melrose Industries
HSBC Holdings
Babcock International Group
IMI
Pershing Square Holdings
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 13th August 2026:
Harbour Energy
Halfords Group
Renewables Infrastructure Group
Greencoat UK Wind
OSB Group
Hikma Pharmaceuticals
Domino’s Pizza Group
International Public Partnerships
4imprint Group
TBC Bank Group
Keller Group
Rotork
Elementis
Chemring Group
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