Headline shares are tipped to open flat to slightly higher, according to financial websites, shrugging off a tumble on Wall Street overnight and heavy falls across Asian bourses this morning. In the US last night, the Dow slumped 268 points at 9,870, the Nasdaq Composite lost 85 points at 2,135 and the S&P500 dropped 33 points at 1,041. In Asia today, the Nikkei was last down 202.63 points at 9,368.04, while the Hang Seng ended the morning off 119.6 points at 20,129.3. Crude oil traded at $75.83 a barrel while gold settled at $1,241 an ounce.

LONDON MARKETS

In the corporate diary today, interim results are due from Ath Resources (LON:ATH), Galleon Holdings (LON:GON), Lookers (LON:LOOK) and Tanjong (LON:TNJ). Final results are listed from Gem Biofuels Plc (LON:GBF), Hmv Group (LON:HMV), Northgate (LON:NTG) and Worldspreads Group Plc (LON:WSPR) Group.

A packed day of AGMs is scheduled from Aec Education (LON:AEC), Air China, Alpha Pyrenees Trust (LON:ALPH), Archial Group (LON:ARL), Astaire Group, Atlantic Coal (LON:ATC), Cadogan Petroleum (LON:CAD), Caledon Resources Plc (LON:CDN), Carador (LON:CDO) EUR Shares, Cavanagh Group (LON:CVH), Chaarat Gold (LON:CGH) Holdings, China Western Investments Plc (LON:CHWI), Css Stellar Plc (LON:CSS), Densitron Technologies (LON:DSN), Energiser Investments (LON:ENGI), Equatorial Palm Oil (LON:PAL), Eruma (LON:ERU), Eurasia Mining (LON:EUA), Hargreave Hale AIM VCT, Hawtin (LON:HTI), Home Retail Group Plc (LON:HOME) Group, IFG Group (LON:IFP), Kazakhstan Kagazy, Kiotech International (LON:KIO), Kryso Resources (LON:KYS), Landore Resources (LON:LND), Manx Financial Group (LON:MFX), Maypole Group (LON:MPG), Mobile Tornado Group (LON:MBT), Netplay Tv Plc (LON:NPT), Northern Petroleum (LON:NOP), Nostra Terra Oil and Gas Company, Noventa Ltd (LON:NVTA). , OJSC LSR Group, Oxus Gold (LON:OXS), Petrolatina Energy Plc (LON:PELE), Proteome Sciences (LON:PRM), Puricore Plc (LON:PURI), Rurelec (LON:RUR), Shed Media Plc (LON:SHDP), Silanis International Ltd (LON:SNS), Strategic Thought Group (LON:STR), Taihua Plc (LON:TAIH), Telit Communications Plc (LON:TCM), Titan Europe (LON:TSW),

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