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| UK 100 Leaders | Close | Chg | % Chg | % YTD |
| Shire PLC | 2168 | 34 | 1.6 | 14.89 |
| Smiths Group PLC | 1355 | 20 | 1.5 | 13.77 |
| Severn Trent PLC | 2071 | 29 | 1.4 | 31.58 |
| Imperial Tobacco Group PLC | 2407 | 29 | 1.2 | 1.43 |
| Babcock International Group PLC | 1166 | 12 | 1 | 20.77 |
| Admiral Group PLC | 1298 | 12 | 0.9 | 11.9 |
| Aberdeen Asset Management PLC | 479.1 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 30.51 |
| National Grid PLC | 836 | 6.5 | 0.8 | 18.92 |
| UK 100 Laggards | Close | Chg | % Chg | % YTD |
| Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation PLC | 254.8 | -10.7 | -4 | -10.28 |
| Royal Bank of Scotland Group (The) PLC | 327 | -10.2 | -3 | 0.77 |
| Polymetal International PLC | 648.5 | -16.5 | -2.5 | -44.81 |
| Next PLC | 4580 | -111 | -2.4 | 23.48 |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 726 | -15.8 | -2.1 | 12.23 |
| BT Group PLC | 307.7 | -6.4 | -2 | 33.15 |
| International Consolidated Airlines Group SA | 273 | -5.5 | -2 | 47.73 |
| BG Group PLC | 1194 | -22.5 | -1.8 | 17.93 |
| Major World Indices | Mid/Close | Chg | % Chg | % YTD |
| UK UK 100 | 6,654.34 | -42.45 | -0.63 | 12.83 |
| UK | 14,393.00 | -114.72 | -0.79 | 16.31 |
| FR CAC 40 | 3,956.79 | -10.36 | -0.26 | 8.67 |
| DE DAX 30 | 8,305.32 | -46.66 | -0.56 | 9.10 |
| US DJ Industrial Average 30 | 15,303.00 | 8.60 | 0.06 | 16.78 |
| US Nasdaq Composite 100 | 3,459.14 | -0.28 | -0.01 | 14.56 |
| US S&P 500 | 1,649.60 | -0.91 | -0.06 | 15.66 |
| JP Nikkei 225 | 14,339.74 | 197.09 | 0.0139 | 37.95 |
| HK Hang Seng Index 48 | 22,734.09 | 48.04 | 0.0021 | 0.34 |
| AU S&P/ASX 200 | 4,974.30 | 14.44 | 0.0029 | 7.00 |
| Commodities & FX | Mid/Close | Chg | % Chg | % YTD |
| Crude Oil, US Light Sweet ($/barrel) | 93.615 | -0.225 | -0.24 | 1.98 |
| Crude Oil, Brent ($/barrel) | 102.52 | 0.625 | 0.61 | -7.87 |
| Gold ($/oz) | 1386.95 | -8.05 | -0.58 | -17.23 |
| Silver ($/oz) | 22.43 | -0.155 | -0.69 | -26.07 |
| Platinum ($/oz) | 1448.25 | -7.25 | -0.5 | -6.2 |
| GBP/USD – US$ per £ | 1.5106 | – | -0.02 | -6.99 |
| EUR/USD – US$ per € | 1.2923 | – | -0.09 | -2.09 |
| GBP/EUR – € per £ | 1.1689 | – | 0.07 | -5.09 |
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UK 100 is called to open +30pts, taking the lead from Asian markets as the US markets were also closed yesterday. In Asia, a 5-day run of declines has come to an end with the Nikkei recently up 197 points at 14,339 and the Hang Seng closing up 48 points at 22,734. Comments this morning that last week’s sharp declines were merely a “correction”. The UK Index ’s strong opening this morning could be a sign of this but will this continue throughout the week?
In focus today, will be US consumer confidence due out at later today. On the corporate earnings front, a quiet day sees results from Volex Group, Westminster Group and Victrex.
After the UK 100 ’s sharp decline from highs of 6,880 last week, it looks to resume a one-week uptrend after finding a bottom of around 6,640/50. With a quiet day in terms of macro data, we’ll surely look to the US markets later this afternoon for further direction.
In FX, the Dollar lost ground against Yen, and other major currencies on Monday after thinner than usual trading. The Yen rose, closing to over a two-week high against the dollar on Monday on the back of interest in the currency’s safe haven status. The greenback trade at 101.086 compared to 101.09 on Friday. The Euro rose 0.1% against the Dollar at $1.2945 as Italian and Spanish bond yields fell.
Gold trading flat just below the $1400 level, currently at $1,392.
US light Crude and Brent Crude both trading flat, currently at $93.74 and $102.65 respectively.
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