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| UK 100 Leaders | Close (p) | Chg (p) | % Chg | % YTD |
| Royal Mail Group PLC | 449.8 | 9.5 | 2.2 | 0.0 |
| Hargreaves Lansdown PLC | 1154 | 21.0 | 1.9 | 14.1 |
| Vodafone Group PLC | 205.85 | 3.3 | 1.6 | -14.3 |
| Lloyds Banking Group PLC | 76.25 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| London Stock Exchange Group PLC | 2029 | 24.0 | 1.2 | 30.3 |
| ARM Holdings PLC | 952 | 11.0 | 1.2 | 8.9 |
| Travis Perkins PLC | 1740 | 20.0 | 1.2 | 12.0 |
| Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC | 5265 | 60.0 | 1.2 | 17.3 |
| UK 100 Laggards | Close (p) | Chg (p) | % Chg | % YTD |
| Fresnillo PLC | 921.5 | -16.5 | -1.8 | -18.1 |
| CRH PLC | 1379 | -22.0 | -1.6 | -4.2 |
| SSE PLC | 1497 | -23.0 | -1.5 | -3.2 |
| Rolls-Royce Group PLC | 1022 | -15.0 | -1.5 | -9.0 |
| BHP Billiton PLC | 1944 | -27.0 | -1.4 | -1.6 |
| Rio Tinto PLC | 3392.5 | -40.5 | -1.2 | 9.3 |
| Mondi PLC | 1007 | -11.0 | -1.1 | -1.4 |
| Anglo American PLC | 1556.5 | -17.0 | -1.1 | 4.1 |
| Major World Indices | Mid/Close | Chg | % Chg | % YTD |
| UK UK 100 | 6,775.3 | -2.4 | -0.04 | 0.4 |
| UK | 15,881.0 | 42.5 | 0.27 | -0.3 |
| FR CAC 40 | 4,342.1 | 89.3 | 2.10 | 1.1 |
| DE DAX 30 | 9,510.1 | 171.0 | 1.83 | -0.4 |
| US DJ Industrial Average 30 | 17,077.0 | 75.7 | 0.45 | 3.0 |
| US Nasdaq Composite 100 | 4,557.4 | 18.8 | 0.41 | 9.1 |
| US S&P 500 | 1,997.9 | 9.5 | 0.48 | 8.1 |
| JP Nikkei 225 | 15,525.5 | -87.7 | -0.56 | -4.7 |
| HK Hang Seng Index 48 | 25,113.5 | -53.5 | -0.21 | 7.8 |
| AU S&P/ASX 200 | 5,636.2 | 1.3 | 0.02 | 5.3 |
| Commodities & FX | Mid/Close | Chg | % Chg | % YTD |
| Crude Oil, US Light Sweet ($/barrel) | 93.64 | 0.16 | 0.17 | -5.3 |
| Crude Oil, Brent ($/barrel) | 102.79 | 0.56 | 0.54 | -7.7 |
| Gold ($/oz) | 1283.05 | 6.15 | 0.48 | 6.0 |
| Silver ($/oz) | 19.42 | 0.09 | 0.45 | -0.5 |
| Platinum ($/oz) | 1418.40 | -3.90 | -0.27 | 3.2 |
| GBP/USD – US$ per £ | 1.659 | – | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| EUR/USD – US$ per € | 1.320 | – | 0.11 | -4.1 |
| GBP/EUR – € per £ | 1.257 | – | -0.01 | 4.2 |
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UK 100 Index is called to open lower by 3pts at 6815, having closed unchanged on Friday and enjoyed a day off yesterday.
Friday's session was somewhat subdued as traders refrained from transacting ahead of the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium with Federal Reserve Chairwoman, Janet Yellen speaking late in the day followed by European Central Bank President, Mario Draghi.
The Symposium proceedings are closely followed by market participants, as unexpected remarks emanating from central bankers and finance ministers have the potential to affect global stock and currency markets. That said Janet Yellen was somewhat non-committal saying the Fed might raise rates soon but then again might not, depending on economic health the Fed would remain "accommodative".
UK 100 stocks failed to deviate more than 2% from their starting prices on Friday.
Vodafone (VOD.L) shares rose 1.60% after the Daily Mail financial pages covered a story suggesting U.S. peer AT&T could be preparing an offer of over 300p per share. Shares closed at 205.85p.
Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY.L) and Barclays (BARC.L) continued inching forward as traders looked for discounted stocks. From their highest levels in 2014, Lloyds shares had fallen 20% while Barclays shares had fallen over 30%. Since then shares have increased 7.5% and 11% respectively in just the last six weeks.
Fresnillo (FRES.L) was again among the worst performers, down 1.76% as the price of gold struggled to recover from its sub-$1300 level of $1280.
U.S. stocks welcomed Yellen's comments at the Economic Symposium in Jackson Hole, interpreted as 'if the economy is in good shape, normalisation of monetary policy will return, but if required, support is here'.
The Dow Jones added 75pts to close at 17,076pts while the S&P 500 topped 2,000pts for the first time before finally coming to rest at 1,998pts.
Asian Markets swung between gains and losses after valuations on the regional gauge climbed to the highest level this year as concern eased about conflicts in Iraq, Israel and Ukraine.
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