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| UK 100 Leaders | Close (p) | Chg (p) | % Chg | % YTD |
| Marks & Spencer Group PLC | 444.1 | 39.4 | 9.7 | 2.7 |
| Meggitt PLC | 473.2 | 33.2 | 7.6 | -10.3 |
| Tullow Oil PLC | 489.5 | 31.6 | 6.9 | -42.8 |
| Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets PLC | 162.4 | 9.1 | 5.9 | -37.8 |
| Associated British Foods PLC | 2942 | 159.0 | 5.7 | 20.3 |
| United Utilities Group PLC | 865.5 | 23.5 | 2.8 | 28.9 |
| Standard Life PLC | 395.9 | 10.5 | 2.7 | 10.1 |
| Aberdeen Asset Management PLC | 442 | 11.5 | 2.7 | -11.6 |
| UK 100 Laggards | Close (p) | Chg (p) | % Chg | % YTD |
| Admiral Group PLC | 1296 | -40.0 | -3.0 | -1.1 |
| Kingfisher PLC | 285 | -8.3 | -2.8 | -25.9 |
| Fresnillo PLC | 684.5 | -13.0 | -1.9 | -8.2 |
| Randgold Resources Ltd | 3765 | -40.0 | -1.1 | -0.7 |
| Standard Chartered PLC | 936 | -9.5 | -1.0 | -31.2 |
| Babcock International Group PLC | 1068 | -10.0 | -0.9 | -10.6 |
| ITV PLC | 202.7 | -0.2 | -0.1 | 4.5 |
| Whitbread PLC | 4341 | -2.0 | -0.1 | 15.7 |
| Major World Indices | Mid/Close | Chg | % Chg | % YTD |
| UK UK 100 | 6,539.1 | 85.2 | 1.32 | -3.1 |
| UK | 15,526.3 | 132.2 | 0.86 | -2.6 |
| FR CAC 40 | 4,208.4 | 78.2 | 1.89 | -2.0 |
| DE DAX 30 | 9,315.5 | 149.0 | 1.63 | -2.5 |
| US DJ Industrial Average 30 | 17,484.5 | 100.7 | 0.58 | 5.5 |
| US Nasdaq Composite 100 | 4,620.7 | -2.9 | -0.06 | 10.6 |
| US S&P 500 | 2,023.6 | 11.5 | 0.57 | 9.5 |
| JP Nikkei 225 | 16,792.5 | -144.8 | -0.86 | 3.1 |
| HK Hang Seng Index 48 | 23,704.7 | 9.1 | 0.04 | 1.7 |
| AU S&P/ASX 200 | 5,506.1 | -11.8 | -0.21 | 2.9 |
| Commodities & FX | Mid/Close | Chg | % Chg | % YTD |
| Crude Oil, US Light Sweet ($/barrel) | 78.83 | -0.04 | -0.04 | -20.1 |
| Crude Oil, Brent ($/barrel) | 83.13 | 0.43 | 0.52 | -25.0 |
| Gold ($/oz) | 1144.25 | 1.25 | 0.11 | -5.1 |
| Silver ($/oz) | 15.36 | -0.01 | -0.05 | -20.9 |
| Platinum ($/oz) | 1208.60 | -16.80 | -1.37 | -12.0 |
| GBP/USD – US$ per £ | 1.599 | – | 0.17 | -3.5 |
| EUR/USD – US$ per € | 1.252 | – | 0.36 | -9.2 |
| GBP/EUR – € per £ | 1.277 | – | -0.18 | 6.1 |
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The UK 100 Index is called to open lower by 16pts after rallying 85pts yesterday to close at 6,539pts.
Corporate earnings updates were responsible for driving stocks to the top of the index. Marks & Spencer (MKS.L) securing top spot with a rally of 9.74% as profits came in ahead of analyst's forecasts.
Meggitt (MGGT.L) tried to keep pace with a gain of 7.55% for the session as the company announced a share buy-back.
Morrisons (MRW.L) enjoyed a buoyant day as speculators bought shares ahead of this morning's trading update. The shares closed higher by 5.94%. This morning's update detailed another quarterly decline in sales, worse than analysts had expected.
Only 8 companies closed lower on the day, Randgold Resources (RRS.L) and Fresnillo (FRES.L) among them, hurting from slumping precious metal prices. Shares closed down between 1-2%.
US markets were broadly higher across the board helped by a rebound in crude oil prices, as rumours of an explosion on a Saudi oil pipeline was not terror related, which saw the Dow hit a new intraday record high. ADP data also came in better than expected ahead of the non-farms data released on Friday. Obama also pledged to work with the new Congress to ensure the next two years would continue to be productive.
Asian markets bucked the trend to finish in the red with the Nikkei the worst performer down 1% as USD/Yen fell from a seven year high. The Hang Seng and ASX were both lower by 0.2% respectively. The BoJ released minutes that stated members would continue to make adjustments until their inflation target is stable.
In commodities, following crude inventories data yesterday we saw a slight rebound following the recent sell-off with both WTI and Brent higher by almost 2%. Gold was down by another 2% as low as $1137 an ounce, lowest levels since April 2010 with silver down by 5% to $15.40, lowest levels since February 2010.
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