CNBC – 3 Mar

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/03/03/european-markets-oil-jobs-report.html

Reuters – 3 Mar

http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-stocks-idUKKCN0W5125

Int. Bus. Times – 3 Mar

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/us-market-open-dow-nasdaq-dip-lower-investors-await-non-farm-payrolls-report-1547338

AFP / Romandie – 2 Mar

http://www.romandie.com/news/La-Bourse-de-Londres-gagne-053-en-debut-de-seance-soutenue-par-les-valeurs/681594.rom

Digital Look – 1 Mar

http://www.digitallook.com/news/m-a/lse-surges-as-ice-confirms-considering-offer–1056589.html

CityWire – 1 Mar

http://citywire.co.uk/money/london-stock-exchange-boosts-UK Index -on-new-bid-hopes/a885874

Proactive Investors – 1 Mar

http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/123124/barclays-shares-slump-as-it-cuts-divi-and-warns-on-outlook

This is Money – 1 Mar

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-3470959/New-York-Stock-Exchange-owner-considers-gate-crashing-LSE-merger-plans.html

Telegraph – 1 Mar

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/03/01/UK Index -100-shrugs-off-disappointing-chinese-data-as-factory-activi/

Nasdaq – 1 Mar

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/UK Index -100-swings-higher-as-lse-leaps-but-glencore-ashtead-struggle-2016-03-01

AFP/Romandie – 1 Mar

http://www.romandie.com/news/Le-petrole-poursuit-sa-hausse-galvanise-par-lespoir-de-voir-loffre-mondiale/681270.rom

AFP/ Boursorama– 1 Mar

http://www.boursorama.com/actualites/bourse-l-ice-fait-irruption-aux-fiancailles-du-lse-avec-deutsche-borse-cba3996b66e4d52ab2c24cc51102694f

Marketwatch – 29 Feb

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/UK Index -100-falls-on-g-20-disappointment-2016-02-29

Interactive Investor – 29 Feb

http://www.iii.co.uk/articles/298399/morrisons-mighty-after-amazon-tie

LSE / Alliance News – 29 Feb

http://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/news/alliance-news/detail/1456747206040236300.html

CNBC – 29 Feb

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/29/european-markets-china-oil.html

Int. Bus. Times – 29 Feb

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/amazon-groceries-uk-morrisons-clinches-fresh-food-delivery-deal-supermarket-war-intensifies-1546600

Reuters – 29 Feb

http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-stocks-idUKKCN0W212U

Financial Times – 29 Feb

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e73c07f8-dec0-11e5-b67f-a61732c1d025.html#axzz41XImWZTC

This is Money – 29 Feb

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-3468992/Morrisons-shares-spike-signing-fresh-food-frozen-products-deal-Amazon-expanding-online-service-Ocado.html

Telegraph Jones – 29 Feb

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/02/29/UK Index -100-falters-and-chinese-stocks-hit-one-month-low-as-g20-fai/

Dow Jones – 29 Feb

Shares in William Morrison rise 3.9% to 195.3p on an otherwise difficult day for markets as the supermarket announces a tie-up deal with global delivery giant Amazon. In a continued effort to fight supermarket pricing competition, Morrison products will make thousands of its products available through Amazon’s Prime Now and Pantry services. Accendo analyst Michael van Dulken says this is good news for the U.K.’s fourth biggest supermarket, which was demoted to the from the UK 100 in late 2015. Mr. van Dulken says this provides an opportunity to further narrow the gap between the ‘Big Four’ U.K. supermarkets as they seek to mitigate damage done to their market share by discounters.

Dow Jones – 29 Feb

Mike van Dulken and Augustin Eden at Accendo Markets commented to clients this morning:   UK 100 Index called to open -45pts at 6050, in retreat from Friday’s test of 6100 and attempt to revisit end-Jan highs of 6130. Whilst still in an uptrend from mid-month lows of 5500, the pace of gains has slowed. As expected, the ceiling of the 3-month falling channel served to hinder progress at 6120, which also corresponds with end-Jan highs and 38.2% Fibonacci retracement of the declines from April 2015. Note falling highs since Friday’s best levels which have ushered the index back below Friday’s lows. Watch levels: Bullish 6070, Bearish 6035.

The negative opening call as stocks in Asia start the weak on the back foot after the Shanghai G20 meeting of finance ministers failed to deliver anything concrete in terms of stimulus to spur global growth. Reappraisal of U.S. monetary policy direction after digestion of some encouraging U.S. data is also weighing along with copper giving up ground along with oil – back below the technical resistance levels it tested to the upside last week to make multi-week highs.

Also weighing are declines by Chinese stocks (near 15-month lows) after the PBOC set the yuan currency weaker for the fifth straight session and by the most since early Jan (despite suggesting at the G20 meeting that there was no basis for persistent depreciation) while the Japanese Yen (JPY) retraced much of Friday’s welcome weakness to hinder Nikkei exporters, also dented by mixed Industrial Production and soft Retail Trade data.