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| UK 100 Leaders | Close (p) | Chg (p) | % Chg | % YTD |
| Smith & Nephew PLC | 1173 | 84.0 | 7.7 | 36.2 |
| ITV PLC | 216.2 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 11.4 |
| Royal Bank of Scotland Group (The) PLC | 394.9 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 16.8 |
| AstraZeneca PLC | 4555.5 | 39.0 | 0.9 | 27.4 |
| Weir Group PLC | 1927 | 15.0 | 0.8 | -9.6 |
| Centrica PLC | 284.7 | 2.2 | 0.8 | -18.1 |
| Standard Chartered PLC | 958.4 | 7.4 | 0.8 | -29.5 |
| British Land Co PLC | 781.5 | 6.0 | 0.8 | 24.2 |
| UK 100 Laggards | Close (p) | Chg (p) | % Chg | % YTD |
| Randgold Resources Ltd | 4153 | -87.0 | -2.1 | 9.6 |
| Shire PLC | 4470 | -63.0 | -1.4 | 56.7 |
| BHP Billiton PLC | 1369 | -13.5 | -1.0 | -26.8 |
| Johnson Matthey PLC | 3396 | -32.0 | -0.9 | 3.5 |
| Schroders PLC | 2690 | -24.0 | -0.9 | 3.5 |
| Coca-Cola HBC AG | 1246 | -10.0 | -0.8 | -29.3 |
| Admiral Group PLC | 1336 | -10.0 | -0.7 | 2.0 |
| Old Mutual PLC | 190.2 | -1.4 | -0.7 | 0.6 |
| Major World Indices | Mid/Close | Chg | % Chg | % YTD |
| UK UK 100 | 6,609.9 | 11.8 | 0.18 | -2.1 |
| UK | 16,104.9 | 10.7 | 0.07 | 1.1 |
| FR CAC 40 | 4,297.6 | -17.3 | -0.40 | 0.0 |
| DE DAX 30 | 9,922.1 | 56.4 | 0.57 | 3.9 |
| US DJ Industrial Average 30 | 18,053.7 | 23.5 | 0.13 | 8.9 |
| US Nasdaq Composite 100 | 4,806.9 | 33.4 | 0.70 | 15.1 |
| US S&P 500 | 2,088.8 | 6.9 | 0.33 | 13.0 |
| JP Nikkei 225 | 17,854.2 | 219.1 | 1.24 | 9.6 |
| HK Hang Seng Index 48 | 23,349.3 | 15.7 | 0.07 | 0.2 |
| AU S&P/ASX 200 | 5,394.5 | 13.6 | 0.25 | 0.8 |
| Commodities & FX | Mid/Close | Chg | % Chg | % YTD |
| Crude Oil, US Light Sweet ($/barrel) | 55.34 | -0.59 | -1.05 | -43.3 |
| Crude Oil, Brent ($/barrel) | 59.63 | -0.44 | -0.73 | -45.8 |
| Gold ($/oz) | 1195.55 | 18.65 | 1.58 | -2.3 |
| Silver ($/oz) | 16.19 | 0.39 | 2.45 | -18.7 |
| Platinum ($/oz) | 1192.40 | 1.10 | 0.09 | -13.2 |
| GBP/USD – US$ per £ | 1.558 | – | 0.13 | -6.0 |
| EUR/USD – US$ per € | 1.219 | – | -0.18 | -11.2 |
| GBP/EUR – € per £ | 1.278 | – | 0.31 | 5.7 |
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The UK 100 Index is set to open flat today on the first full day back after the Christmas break. Overnight, Asia’s main markets were in positive territory with the exception of Japan, where the stock market was spooked by a suspected case of Ebola.
Whilst the Nikkei 225 was down 0.5%, the Hang Seng, and the ASX in Australia were ahead respectively 1.75% and 1.5%. The Shanghai Composite was flat.
In Europe, more uncertainty over the outcome of elections in Greece is likely to stifle any major rally, while the US closed higher in pre-Christmas trades.
GDP data from the U.S. confirmed the world's largest economy grew at the fastest pace in 11 years. Gross domestic product expanded at a 5% annual rate in Q3, smashing the previous government estimate of 3.9% and the median forecast of 4.3%.
WTI crude oil traded at $55.37 a barrel and Brent at $59.92.
Gold was trading near its highest in nearly a week on Monday, retaining sharp short-covering gains from the previous session, but the metal could be susceptible to losses, given weak investor sentiment and a strong dollar.
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