FTSE 100 movers: Hargreaves Lansdown keeps pushing higher, outperforms financials
Hargreaves Lansdown topped the leaderboard on the top-flight index, coming within throwing distance of its best levels since spring 2022 at one point during the session.
In the background, gains for index heavyweights BP and Shell also provided a lift.
Going the other way, financials were under pressure, including shares of Prudential, M&G, Legal & General, Lloyds and St.James's Place.
Market Movers
FTSE 100 (UKX) 7,663.73 0.23%
FTSE 100 - Risers
Hargreaves Lansdown (HL.) 923.40p 1.87%
Haleon (HLN) 337.85p 1.49%
Ashtead Group (AHT) 5,574.00p 1.35%
Rentokil Initial (RTO) 639.00p 1.33%
Relx plc (REL) 2,608.00p 1.12%
Diageo (DGE) 3,437.50p 1.10%
Compass Group (CPG) 2,117.00p 1.10%
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) 5,616.00p 1.08%
Halma (HLMA) 2,264.00p 1.07%
Smiths Group (SMIN) 1,677.00p 1.02%
FTSE 100 - Fallers
WPP (WPP) 828.00p -4.21%
Prudential (PRU) 1,043.50p -2.98%
Mondi (MNDI) 1,301.50p -2.18%
NATWEST GROUP (NWG) 251.40p -2.14%
BT Group (BT.A) 123.15p -2.11%
M&G (MNG) 201.90p -1.46%
Legal & General Group (LGEN) 231.70p -1.36%
Abrdn (ABDN) 233.50p -1.35%
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) 8,312.00p -1.31%
Persimmon (PSN) 1,173.50p -1.06%