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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Rentokil Initial PLC | 409.9 | 3.9% |
| Imperial Brands PLC | 3,105.0 | 3.4% |
| Burberry Group PLC | 1,238.5 | 3.0% |
| Beazley PLC | 925.5 | 2.8% |
| British American Tobacco PLC | 3,854.0 | 1.8% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Entain PLC | 812.0 | -6.5% |
| Mondi PLC | 837.2 | -4.8% |
| JD Sports Fashion PLC | 102.0 | -2.4% |
| Spirax Group PLC | 7,120.0 | -2.3% |
| Babcock International Group PLC | 1,253.0 | -2.2% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 Year, not sorted |
| UK 100 INDEX | 9,484 | 0.1% | 15.8% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 46,603 | 0.2% | 10.8% |
| DAX INDEX | 24,386 | 0.0% | 27.9% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 47,810 | 0.3% | 23.2% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 8,948 | 0.1% | 9.4% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 62.28 | 0.89% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 65.97 | 0.79% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 4,029 | 1.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 510 | 0.1% |
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The UK 100 is called to open +18 Points this morning at 9,501. Stocks in London are set to open higher on Wednesday, ahead of expected comments from European Central Bank, Bank of England and Federal Reserve officials. Sterling was quoted at $1.3390 early Wednesday, lower than $1.3440 at the London equities close on Tuesday.
Stateside yesterday saw the S&P struggle, bogged down by a drop in Oracle shares amid investors’ worries about the profitability of the artificial intelligence rollout. Wall Street also looked for more developments out of Washington with the U.S. government shutdown in its second week. The broad market index pulled back 0.38% to close at 6,714.59, snapping a 7-day winning streak, while the Nasdaq fell 0.67% to finish at 22,788.36. The Dow Jones fell 91.99 points, or 0.2%, to end at 46,602.98.
In Asia on Wednesday, the Nikkei 225 index in Tokyo was down 0.4%. In China, the Shanghai Composite was up 0.5%, while the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong was down 0.9%. The S&P/ASX 200 in Sydney closed down 0.1%.
Gold was quoted at 44,035.83 an ounce early Wednesday, higher than$3,985.98 on Tuesday.
Lloyds Banking Group shares will be in the spotlight after the Financial Conduct Authority estimated its motor finance redress scheme could cost lenders £8.2 billion in compensation. The total bill, including the cost of running the scheme, is likely to amount to £11 billion. Lloyds shares start today’s session at 83.3p, up 52% this year. Lloyds said this morning: “The group is currently assessing the implications and impact of this consultation in the context of its current provision for this issue and will update the market as and when appropriate.”
UK Banks – The spotlight falls back on the banking sector this morning after the Financial Conduct Authority said it expects lenders to make 14 million payouts to individuals affected by unfair motor finance agreements, totalling around £11bn in compensation. The watchdog estimates people would receive around £700 per agreement, on average. It has also been calculated that around 85 per cent of eligible consumers would participate in the scheme, which would result in an estimated redress of £8.2bn (including interest). However, if there is a 100 per cent take-up – which the regulator said is unlikely – firms would owe up to £9.7bn in redress
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Delta Air Lines (DAL) PMO
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ECB’s Panetta speech
ECB’s Elderson speech
Fed’s Barr speech
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UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 9th October 2025:
WPP
Barratt Redrow
Kingfisher
Tesco
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 9th October 2025:
Taylor Wimpey
Primary Health Properties
Barr (A.G)
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