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| UK 100 Leaders | Close (p) | Chg (p) | % Chg | % YTD |
| Next PLC | 6725 | 210.0 | 3.2 | 23.4 |
| Fresnillo PLC | 768.5 | 19.0 | 2.5 | 3.1 |
| Randgold Resources Ltd | 4336 | 92.0 | 2.2 | 14.4 |
| International Consolidated Airlines Group SA | 481.7 | 10.0 | 2.1 | 20.0 |
| easyJet PLC | 1664 | 22.0 | 1.3 | 8.3 |
| Rio Tinto PLC | 2993.5 | 27.5 | 0.9 | -12.2 |
| Travis Perkins PLC | 1842 | 2.0 | 0.1 | -1.6 |
| Antofagasta PLC | 755 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -8.4 |
| UK 100 Laggards | Close (p) | Chg (p) | % Chg | % YTD |
| Royal Mail Group PLC | 426.6 | -15.9 | -3.6 | -25.2 |
| Weir Group PLC | 1866 | -61.0 | -3.2 | -12.5 |
| SABMiller PLC | 3313 | -98.5 | -2.9 | 6.8 |
| Aggreko PLC | 1493 | -42.0 | -2.7 | -12.6 |
| Centrica PLC | 278.5 | -7.7 | -2.7 | -19.9 |
| United Utilities Group PLC | 910 | -23.5 | -2.5 | 35.5 |
| Severn Trent PLC | 1991 | -50.0 | -2.5 | 16.8 |
| BG Group PLC | 868.6 | -21.1 | -2.4 | -33.1 |
| Major World Indices | Mid/Close | Chg | % Chg | % YTD |
| UK UK 100 | 6,547.0 | -86.5 | -1.30 | -3.0 |
| UK | 15,990.3 | -60.4 | -0.38 | 0.3 |
| FR CAC 40 | 4,245.5 | -72.4 | -1.68 | -1.2 |
| DE DAX 30 | 9,805.6 | -121.6 | -1.22 | 2.7 |
| US DJ Industrial Average 30 | 17,983.0 | -55.1 | -0.31 | 8.5 |
| US Nasdaq Composite 100 | 4,777.4 | -29.5 | -0.61 | 14.4 |
| US S&P 500 | 2,080.4 | -10.2 | -0.49 | 12.6 |
| JP Nikkei 225 | 17,450.8 | -279.1 | -1.57 | 7.1 |
| HK Hang Seng Index 48 | 23,789.8 | 184.7 | 0.78 | 2.1 |
| AU S&P/ASX 200 | 5,435.9 | 24.9 | 0.46 | 1.6 |
| Commodities & FX | Mid/Close | Chg | % Chg | % YTD |
| Crude Oil, US Light Sweet ($/barrel) | 53.57 | -0.15 | -0.28 | -45.6 |
| Crude Oil, Brent ($/barrel) | 56.94 | -0.28 | -0.5 | -48.3 |
| Gold ($/oz) | 1200.10 | 0.70 | 0.06 | -0.4 |
| Silver ($/oz) | 16.19 | -0.05 | -0.32 | -16.4 |
| Platinum ($/oz) | 1217.00 | 12.90 | 1.07 | -11.4 |
| GBP/USD – US$ per £ | 1.556 | – | -0.05 | -6.0 |
| EUR/USD – US$ per € | 1.215 | – | -0.09 | -11.5 |
| GBP/EUR – € per £ | 1.280 | – | 0.02 | 6.2 |
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The UK 100 Index is set to open higher by 45-50 points on the first day of 2015. With volumes expected to be lower than normal, it’ll be interesting to see how the New Year starts after the surprisingly volatile Christmas period.
Overnight in Asia, the Hang Seng was recently up 184 points at 23,789 and the Nikkei was closed.
In the US, the Dow fell 160 points to 17,823, while the Nasdaq lost 41 points at 4,736 and the S&P 500 closed down 21 points to 2,059
In FX, the Euro extends losses, falling to its lowest level since June 2010, after the head of the European Central Bank fanned expectations it would take bolder steps on stimulus this month. Currently trading at 1.29 vs Sterling.
WTI crude oil traded at $54.68 a barrel and Brent at $59.25.
Gold edged higher on Friday as higher oil prices boosted its safe-haven appeal, but the metal looked set to post its third consecutive weekly loss, weighed down by a strong dollar, currently trading at $1187.
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