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| UK 100 Leaders | Close | Chg | % Chg | % YTD |
| Persimmon PLC | 1385 | 45 | 3.4 | 200 |
| Whitbread PLC | 3935 | 118 | 3.09 | 181.1 |
| Aberdeen Asset Management PLC | 419.8 | 12 | 2.94 | 208.7 |
| London Stock Exchange Group PLC | 1928 | 55 | 2.94 | 168.9 |
| Meggitt PLC | 517.5 | 13 | 2.58 | 90.26 |
| CRH PLC | 1638 | 40 | 2.5 | -6.01 |
| TUI Travel PLC | 433.5 | 9.7 | 2.29 | 66.73 |
| Smith & Nephew PLC | 915 | 19 | 2.12 | 42.63 |
| UK 100 Laggards | Close | Chg | % Chg | % YTD |
| BG Group PLC | 1053 | -33.5 | -3.08 | -9.3 |
| Tullow Oil PLC | 836.5 | -26 | -3.01 | -37.43 |
| Sports Direct International PLC | 691 | -10.5 | -1.5 | 586.2 |
| Hargreaves Lansdown PLC | 1353 | -18 | -1.31 | 350.1 |
| Standard Chartered PLC | 1240 | -15.5 | -1.23 | -20.25 |
| Admiral Group PLC | 1418 | -16 | -1.12 | 20.78 |
| Johnson Matthey PLC | 3180 | -35 | -1.09 | 93.1 |
| Compass Group PLC | 892 | -9.5 | -1.05 | 94.63 |
| Major World Indices | Mid/Close | Chg | % Chg | % YTD |
| UK UK 100 | 6,571.68 | 13.40 | 0.2 | 0.94 |
| UK | 15,865.00 | 75.19 | 0.48 | 1.22 |
| FR CAC 40 | 4,228.18 | 40.08 | 0.96 | 1.50 |
| DE DAX 30 | 9,301.92 | 45.34 | 0.49 | -0.05 |
| US DJ Industrial Average 30 | 15,794.00 | 165.57 | 1.06 | 0.61 |
| US Nasdaq Composite 100 | 4,125.86 | 68.74 | 1.69 | 0.54 |
| US S&P 500 | 1,797.02 | 23.59 | 1.33 | 0.81 |
| JP Nikkei 225 | 14,718.34 | 255.93 | 0.02 | -9.65 |
| HK Hang Seng Index 48 | 21,617.37 | -19.48 | 0.00 | -7.25 |
| AU S&P/ASX 200 | 5,222.15 | 55.62 | 0.01 | -2.43 |
| Commodities & FX | Mid/Close | Chg | % Chg | % YTD |
| Crude Oil, US Light Sweet ($/barrel) | 99.72 | -0.42 | -0.42 | 1.79 |
| Crude Oil, Brent ($/barrel) | 109.195 | 1.09 | 1.01 | 2.67 |
| Gold ($/oz) | 1273.55 | 6.75 | 0.53 | 2.64 |
| Silver ($/oz) | 20.155 | 0.175 | 0.88 | 5.39 |
| Platinum ($/oz) | 1389.4 | 5.8 | 0.42 | 1.73 |
| GBP/USD – US$ per £ | 1.6429 | – | 0.11 | -0.06 |
| EUR/USD – US$ per € | 1.3628 | – | -0.06 | 1.01 |
| GBP/EUR – € per £ | 1.2054 | – | 0.16 | -1.07 |
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UK 100 called to open +20pts at 6593 as traders have brushed aside the disappointing non-farm payroll data from the US on Friday, and jitters ahead of new Fed chief Janet Yellen’s testimony to the House and the Senate due later this week. Poor jobs numbers have left traders believing the US may just maintain its easy monetary policy a little longer, hence the rally in US markets on Friday. The Dow Jones was up 165 points at 15,794 whilst the S&P was up 23 points at 1,797.
In Asia stocks rallied, led by a jump in mainland Chinese shares, as the regional index headed for its longest streak of daily gains since December. Despite the Hang Seng being off 19 points at 21,617, the MSCI Asia Pacific Index increased 0.5 percent. Japan’s Nikkei advanced 255 points at 14,718.
The UK 100 ’s sits 6 points below the key 6,600 level as this now becomes resistance to the upside looking at the one-week chart. Support to the downside remains at 6,500 then 6,400. A quite day for macro-data means we’ll be relying on individual stocks for directions on the indices today.
In focus today with a lack of macro data out will continue to be the fallout from Friday’s Non-Farm Payroll data. With the major US markets all finishing in the blue having capped off an eventful week, the Asian markets all followed suit.
In commodities, following Friday’s data Gold surged over $16 with highs over $1272 and still maintaining these levels capping its biggest weekly advance in more than a month. With the Chinese buyers back from their break and the safe haven appeal Gold was very much in demand again. We also saw WTI testing the $100 level as a decline in US employment bolstered outlook for fuel demand.
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