Headline shares are tipped to open thirty-two to thirty-six points higher this morning, according to financial websites, on hopes of more positives than negatives emerging from the G20 summit. In the US Friday, the Dow lost 9 points at 10,144, the Nasdaq Composite added 6 points at 2,223 and the S&P500 edged up 3 points at 1,077. In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently down 36.16 points at 9,701.32, while the Hang Seng was ahead 67.67 points at 20,758.46 approaching the midpoint. Crude oil traded at $79.19 a barrel on Nymex while gold settled at $1,256 an ounce.
LONDON MARKETS
In the corporate diary for the day, final results are due from Clarity Commerce Solutions (LON:CCS), Cohort (LON:CHRT), Creston (LON:CRE), Max Property Group (LON:MAX), Mobilityone Ltd (LON:MBO) and Zoo Digital Group Plc (LON:ZOO). Trading statements are expected from African Minerals Ltd (LON:AMI), Senior (LON:SNR), Standard Chartered (LON:STAN) and Taylor Wimpey Plc (LON:TW.).
Albion Protected VCT, Anglo Asian Mining Plc (LON:AAZ), Ascent Resources (LON:AST), Billington Holdings (LON:BILN), Capital & Regional (LON:CAL) Central Rand Gold (LON:CRND), Chagala Group, Cluff Gold Plc (LON:CLF), Cove Energy (LON:COV), Forum Energy (LON:FEP), JSC Sitronics, Kalahari Minerals (LON:KAH), Matra Petroleum (LON:MTA), Mediterranean Oil & Gas (LON:MOG) Pantheon Leisure (LON:PLEI), Raymarine (LON:RAY), Real Estate Investors (LON:RLE), Regen Therapeutics (LON:RGT), Rugby Estates (LON:RES), Scottish Mortgage Inv Trust, Trafficmaster (LON:TFC) and Universe Group (LON:UNG) host their AGMs.
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