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| UK 100 Leaders | Close | Chg | % Chg | % YTD |
| Meggitt PLC | 403.9 | 10.4 | 2.6 | 14.48 |
| Polymetal International PLC | 883 | 18.5 | 2.1 | -19.29 |
| Royal Bank of Scotland Group (The) PLC | 205.7 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 1.93 |
| CRH PLC | 1170 | 19 | 1.7 | -8.59 |
| Experian PLC | 956 | 13 | 1.4 | 9.19 |
| BAE Systems PLC | 296.9 | 4 | 1.4 | 4.14 |
| Rolls-Royce Group PLC | 885 | 8.5 | 1 | 18.55 |
| Marks & Spencer Group PLC | 321 | 3 | 0.9 | 3.22 |
| UK 100 Laggards | Close | Chg | % Chg | % YTD |
| IMI PLC | 810 | -28 | -3.3 | 6.58 |
| Ashmore Group PLC | 333.8 | -10.2 | -3 | -0.06 |
| Anglo American PLC | 2042.5 | -61.5 | -2.9 | -14.14 |
| Burberry Group PLC | 1255 | -34 | -2.6 | 5.91 |
| ITV PLC | 72.85 | -1.95 | -2.6 | 6.9 |
| ARM Holdings PLC | 495.9 | -13.1 | -2.6 | -16.23 |
| Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation PLC | 410.3 | -9.4 | -2.2 | -35.44 |
| Xstrata PLC | 815.6 | -18.4 | -2.2 | -16.61 |
| Major World Indices | Mid/Close | Chg | % Chg | % YTD |
| UK 100 | 5627.33 | -35.3 | -0.62 | 0.99 |
| 10983.3 | -87.34 | -0.79 | 8.71 | |
| CAC 40 | 3156.8 | -11.99 | -0.38 | -0.1 |
| DAX (Xetra) | 6387.57 | -22.54 | -0.35 | 8.29 |
| Dow Jones Industrial Average | 12736.3 | -36.17 | -0.28 | 4.25 |
| Nasdaq Comp. | 2931.77 | -5.56 | -0.19 | 12.54 |
| S&P 500 | 1352.46 | -2.22 | -0.16 | 7.54 |
| 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 | 84.79 | -0.31 | -0.36 | -14.35 |
| Gold Composite | 1585.4 | -1.6 | -0.1 | 1.21 |
| Silver Composite | 27.25 | -0.04 | -0.15 | -1.89 |
| Palladium Composite | 583.55 | 6.55 | 1.14 | -11.15 |
| Platinum Composite | 1440.1 | -4.9 | -0.34 | 2.78 |
| GBP/USD – US $ per £ | 1.5517 | – | -0.06 | -0.08 |
| EUR/USD – US$ per Euro | 1.2291 | – | -0.21 | -5.12 |
| GBP/EUR – Euros per £ | 1.2625 | – | 0.18 | 5.23 |
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UK 100 called to open slightly higher to the tune of around 10-15 points this morning as the markets digest mixed data from China this morning. The world’s second largest economy reported that its trade surplus jumped 42.9% to $31.7bn from the previous month.
Overnight, the Dow Jones closed down 36 points due to weak macro data from Asia as well as further concerns over Euro debt-crises. Alcoa kicked off second quarter earnings season with EPS (earnings per share) at 6 cents vs the expected 5 cents. Q2 revenues were $5.96bn vs $5.81bn expected. Keep an eye on our Live Macro Calendar as we have some heavyweights in both the UK and US set to report over the next couple of weeks. In Asia, the Hang Seng was trading around 19,422 whilst the Nikkei was recently down around 3 points at 8,859.
Gold and Oil trading fairly flat today ($1,585 and $84.94 respectively) with news of a slowing Chinese economy not likely to help boost the price of commodities.
Keep an eye on ASOS, Marks & Spencer, Smiths News and SIG as markets digest their trading statements this morning. Macro data to look out for today will be Industrial/Manufacturing Production as well as the Trade balance all from the UK at 09:30 this morning.
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