LSE:ABF 16 February 2026 - 1 July 2026

ABF (LON:ABF) trades flat in London as sugar losses weigh on Primark split talk
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ABF (LON:ABF) trades flat in London as sugar losses weigh on Primark split talk

Associated British Foods plc shares saw only a slight rebound Thursday after the Primark parent revealed sugar losses may persist through 2027. The disclosure gave investors a more direct picture of the risk as the company heads for its planned split. ABF finished Thursday at 1,926.5p, gaining 0.16%. That follows a 3.15% loss on Wednesday. In those two sessions, the FTSE 100 turned around from a slight dip to a 1.7% jump, so ABF is still about 3% under Tuesday’s close while the index moved higher.
July 2, 2026
FTSE 250 outpaces FTSE 100 as domestic and defence names help London market
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FTSE 250 outpaces FTSE 100 as domestic and defence names help London market

FTSE 250 outperformed the FTSE 100 on Wednesday as mid-caps climbed 1.38% to their highest in a week. The FTSE 100 slipped 0.18%, weighed down by declines in healthcare and oil heavyweights. Regular London trading hours were 0800 to 1630 local, as usual. The spread suggested the trade was cleaner than the main index let on. Dollar earners in the FTSE 100 with heavy exports got hit by declines in oil and pharma. Domestic and specialist mid-caps saw buyers step in, though the Bank of England offered no signal on rate cuts.
July 1, 2026
FTSE 250 edges past FTSE 100 as CMC and defence names help offset commodity drop
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FTSE 250 edges past FTSE 100 as CMC and defence names help offset commodity drop

UK stocks split by size on Wednesday. The FTSE 100 finished 66.01 points lower at 10,431.11, near the session bottom of 10,429.17. The FTSE 250 put on 74.82 points to close at 23,088.27, shrugging off stronger gilt yields. Commodity exporters took the hit, with midcaps up on a sharp move in one trading-platform stock and a push in defence shares. The split is key since it complicates the idea that the “UK market” is just moving lower. FTSE 100 had just closed out its sixth straight quarterly gain, rising in 11 of the last 12 months. FTSE 250 posted its biggest quarterly jump in five quarters, Reuters said. Wednesday’s session looked more like a shift in sectors and earnings than
July 1, 2026
Associated British Foods stock: ABF trades near 1,975p before Primark-heavy Q3 update
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Associated British Foods stock: ABF trades near 1,975p before Primark-heavy Q3 update

Associated British Foods plc was quoted a touch lower on Monday as the market priced the Primark owner less as a break-up story and more as an earnings-risk stock before its third-quarter update on July 1. The London Stock Exchange was inside its regular 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. BST session at the dateline time. Hargreaves Lansdown’s delayed screen showed ABF’s sell price at 1,974.0p and buy price at 1,975.5p, down 3.5p, while the FTSE 100 was down 0.20%. Its screen put ABF’s market value at about 13.82 billion pounds.
June 29, 2026
Associated British Foods Stock Edges Higher as Investors Watch Primark Split and July Trading Update
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Associated British Foods Stock Edges Higher as Investors Watch Primark Split and July Trading Update

Associated British Foods plc shares edged higher on Monday, with MarketScreener’s Cboe Europe estimate showing the stock at 1,954.25p, up 0.42%, while its delayed London Stock Exchange quote showed 1,959.50p, up 0.69%. The five-day move was stronger, at just over 5%, although the stock remained down about 8% since the start of the year. Around the same afternoon, the FTSE 100 — the main index of large UK-listed companies — was quoted down 0.37% at 10,433.44, leaving ABF ahead of the wider blue-chip market at that point. Stocks usually rise when investors become more willing to pay for future earnings, cash flow or corporate change; they fall when those assumptions weaken. The latest company-specific development investors were digesting was Primark’s
June 15, 2026