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| UK 100 Leaders | Close | Chg | % Chg | % YTD |
| Admiral Group PLC | 1181 | 13 | 1.1 | 38.62 |
| Johnson Matthey PLC | 2120 | 17 | 0.8 | 15.47 |
| Associated British Foods PLC | 1276 | 9 | 0.7 | 15.27 |
| Resolution Ltd | 210.3 | 1.4 | 0.7 | -16.35 |
| BP PLC | 435.1 | 2.55 | 0.6 | -5.52 |
| British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC | 688 | 4 | 0.6 | -6.08 |
| ITV PLC | 72.25 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 6.02 |
| Shire PLC | 1864 | 9 | 0.5 | -16.9 |
| UK 100 Laggards | Close | Chg | % Chg | % YTD |
| Ashmore Group PLC | 307.8 | -22.2 | -6.7 | -7.84 |
| Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation PLC | 393.6 | -17.3 | -4.2 | -38.06 |
| Antofagasta PLC | 1040 | -43 | -4 | -14.4 |
| Aggreko PLC | 1919 | -74 | -3.7 | -4.86 |
| Rio Tinto PLC | 2926 | -107 | -3.5 | -6.37 |
| BHP Billiton PLC | 1751 | -60 | -3.3 | -6.74 |
| IMI PLC | 783.5 | -25 | -3.1 | 3.09 |
| InterContinental Hotels Group PLC | 1503 | -47 | -3 | 29.9 |
| Major World Indices | Mid/Close | Chg | % Chg | % YTD |
| UK 100 | 5608.25 | -56.23 | -0.99 | 0.65 |
| 10924 | -43.78 | -0.4 | 8.13 | |
| CAC 40 | 3135.18 | -22.07 | -0.7 | -0.78 |
| DAX (Xetra) | 6419.35 | -34.5 | -0.53 | 8.83 |
| Dow Jones Industrial Average | 12573.3 | -31.23 | -0.25 | 2.91 |
| Nasdaq Comp. | 2866.19 | -21.79 | -0.75 | 10.02 |
| S&P 500 | 1334.76 | -6.69 | -0.5 | 6.14 |
| Nikkei 225 | 8730 | 0.34 | 3.25 | |
| Hang Seng | 19112 | 0.43 | 3.68 | |
| S&P | 1334 | 0.39 | -67.12 |
| Commodities & FX | Mid/Close | Chg | % Chg | % YTD |
| Crude Oil Light Sweet Composite | 86.07 | 1.08 | 1.27 | -13.06 |
| Gold Composite | 1570.8 | 11.8 | 0.76 | 0.28 |
| Silver Composite | 27.1925 | 0.3725 | 1.39 | -2.1 |
| Palladium Composite | 574 | -8.1 | -1.39 | -12.61 |
| Platinum Composite | 1422.85 | 11.45 | 0.81 | 1.55 |
| GBP/USD – US $ per £ | 1.5445 | – | 0.25 | -0.55 |
| EUR/USD – US$ per Euro | 1.2208 | – | 0.15 | -5.76 |
| GBP/EUR – Euros per £ | 1.265 | – | 0.12 | 5.44 |
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UK 100 called to open +20pts after some fairly positive US jobs data along with in-line Chinese GDP data that we received a few hours ago. Year on year GDP data from China came in at 7.6% against forecasts of 7.7% however 2nd quarter GDP figures came in at 1.8% vas the 1.6% the market was expecting.
Overnight, the Dow Jones closed 31 points lower at 12,573 however this was a recovery as at one point the Dow was trading at 12,488 in the afternoon. The Hang Seng closed up by 86 points at 19,111 whilst the Nikkei was recently up around 25 points at 8,746
In the commodities markets, Gold took a hammering, dropping over $20 to $1,554 before recovering slightly to trade around trade $1,570. This was mainly due to the lack of talk from the US about further QE (Quantitative Easing), hence seeing a rally in the $ which in turn makes it more expensive to buy gold. £ vs $ has taken fresh one-month lows because of the strength in the dollar, to trade around 1.54 (making your trips to America that little more expensive!).
Today we have Producer Price Index data from the US at 13:30 as well as University of Michigan confidence figures at 14:55.
Keep an eye on results from JP Morgan which should be out at 2pm today
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