Headline shares are tipped to open between 25 and 30 points lower, according to financial websites, following subdued trading in New York. In the US last night, the Dow slipped 20 points at 10,191, the Nasdaq Composite was flat at 2,244 and the S&P500 fell 2 points at 1,090. In Asia today, the Nikkei was up 18.52 points at 9,898.37, while the Hang Seng ended the morning ahead 77.33 points at 20,129.24. Crude oil traded at $75.16 a barrel on Nymex while gold settled at $1,223 an ounce.
LONDON MARKETS
In the corporate diary for the day, final results are scheduled from Byotrol Plc(LON:BYOT), Cml Microsystems(LON:CML), NewRiver Retail(LON:NRR) Ltd, Oxford Instruments(LON:OXIG), Record Plc and Victoria(LON:VCP).
Interims are due from Ath Resources(LON:ATH) and Datong Plc(LON:DTE) while Bellway(LON:BWY), Ted Baker(LON:TBK) and Tesco(LON:TSCO) will issue trading statements.
African Eagle Resources(LON:AFE), Alexon Group(LON:AXN), Beximco Pharmaceuticals(LON:BXP), Blackrock Smaller Companies(LON:BRSC), Ceres Agriculture Fund(LON:CROP), EMED Mining, Fortune Oil (LON:FTO), Ideal Shopping Direct(LON:IDS), Nationwide Accident Repair Srvs plc, Premier Farnell (LON:PFL), Rethink Group (LON:RTG), Ted Baker Plc (TBK), and Uniq (LON:UNIQ) will host their AGMs/EGMs.
ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
09:30 UK CPI y/y 09:30 UK Core CPI y/y 09:30 UK DCLG HPI y/y 09:30 UK RPI y/y 10:00 EU Employment Change q/q 10:00 EU Trade Balance 12.45 US ICSC Chain Store 13.55 US Redbook
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