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| UK 100 Leaders | Close | Chg | % Chg | % YTD |
| Aberdeen Asset Management PLC | 263.8 | 8.8 | 3.5 | 24.43 |
| Glencore International PLC | 312.05 | 8.3 | 2.7 | -20.4 |
| Xstrata PLC | 820.8 | 14.4 | 1.8 | -16.07 |
| GKN PLC | 186.6 | 3 | 1.6 | 1.97 |
| Resolution Ltd | 203 | 3 | 1.5 | -19.25 |
| Carnival PLC | 2223 | 26 | 1.2 | 4.56 |
| Capita Group (The) PLC | 673.5 | 7.5 | 1.1 | 7.16 |
| Croda International PLC | 2357 | 24 | 1 | 30.65 |
| UK 100 Laggards | Close | Chg | % Chg | % YTD |
| Vedanta Resources PLC | 942 | -19 | -2 | -7.19 |
| Aviva PLC | 281.4 | -5.5 | -1.9 | -6.45 |
| Tullow Oil PLC | 1502 | -29 | -1.9 | 7.13 |
| Babcock International Group PLC | 871 | -13 | -1.5 | 18.42 |
| Prudential PLC | 741 | -10.5 | -1.4 | 16.05 |
| British Land Co PLC | 514.5 | -7 | -1.3 | 11.24 |
| Tesco PLC | 315.95 | -3.8 | -1.2 | -21.69 |
| ICAP PLC | 331 | -3.8 | -1.1 | -4.58 |
| Major World Indices | Mid/Close | Chg | % Chg | % YTD |
| UK 100 | 5684.47 | -3.26 | -0.06 | 2.01 |
| 11161.2 | -28.61 | -0.26 | 10.48 | |
| CAC 40 | 3267.75 | -3.45 | -0.11 | 3.42 |
| DAX (Xetra) | 6564.8 | -13.41 | -0.2 | 11.3 |
| Dow Jones Industrial Average | 12943.8 | 72.43 | 0.56 | 5.94 |
| Nasdaq Comp. | 2976.08 | 24.85 | 0.84 | 14.24 |
| S&P 500 | 1374.02 | 8.51 | 0.62 | 9.26 |
| Nikkei 225 | 9006.78 | 132.67 | 1.5 | 6.52 |
| Hang Seng | 19441.46 | 416.19 | 2.19 | 5.46 |
| S&P/ASX 200 | 4094.63 | 49.8 | 1.23 | 0.94 |
| Commodities & FX | Mid/Close | Chg | % Chg | % YTD |
| Crude Oil Light Sweet Composite | 86.815 | 0.005 | 0.01 | -12.31 |
| Gold Composite | 1614.95 | -0.75 | -0.05 | 3.1 |
| Silver Composite | 28.0875 | -0.0375 | -0.13 | 1.13 |
| Palladium Composite | 595.1 | -0.9 | -0.15 | -9.39 |
| Platinum Composite | 1487.35 | 7.15 | 0.48 | 6.16 |
| GBP/USD – US $ per £ | 1.5597 | – | 0.11 | 0.43 |
| EUR/USD – US$ per Euro | 1.2525 | – | 0.08 | -3.31 |
| GBP/EUR – Euros per £ | 1.2452 | – | 0.02 | 3.78 |
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UK 100 is called to open flat to slightly higher this morning as traders wait in anticipation of rate decisions from the Bank of England and the ECB. Will the Bank of England boost QE (quantative easing) by the expected £50bn today? Will interest rates remain on hold at 0.5% Keep an eye on our Live Macro Calender at 12:00 today for updates or alternatively call in and speak to one of our traders direct for an update – 020 3051 7461.
Overnight, the US markets were closed due to Independence Day while in Asia, the Nikkei was recently down 20 points at 9,084. The Chinese markets (Hang Seng) closed down 57 points at 19,653.
Both Brent Crude and Gold remained fairly flat since yesterday, currently trading around $100.68 and $1,615 respectively.
In FX markets, we have weakness from both £ vs $ which is trading off week highs of 1.572 (currently at 1.561) and from € vs $ which is also off week highs of 1.27 (currently trading at around 1.252)
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