Headline shares are tipped to open eight to twelve points lower today, according to financial websites, investors cautious as concerns over debt persist and the OECD warns of possible UK rate increases. In the US last night, the Dow lost 69 points at 9,974, the Nasdaq fell 15 points at 2,196 and the S&P500 shed 6 points at 1,068. In Asia today, the Nikkei was last up 66.08 points at 9,588.74, while the Hang Seng ended the morning ahead 143.82 points at 19,340.27. Crude oil traded at $71.11 a barrel on Nymex and gold settled at $1,218 an ounce.
LONDON MARKETS
In the corporate diary for the day, interim results are scheduled from Alpha Bank, Antofagasta (LON:ANTO), Daily Mail And General (LON:DMGO) Trust and X5 Retail Group.
Final results are due from Cable & Wireless (LON:CWC), JJB Sports Plc (LON:JJB), London & Stamford (LON:LSP), Man Group (LON:EMG), Paypoint (LON:PAY), Qinetiq Group (LON:QQ.), Scapa Group Plc (LON:SCPA) and Tate & Lyle (LON:TATE)
AGMs are being hosted by Alliance Pharma (LON:APH), Braime Ord, Commoditrade Inc (LON:CMM), CScape Group (LON:CSC) , Engel East Europe, F&C Uk Select Trust (LON:UKT), Ferrexpo Plc (LON:FXPO), Finders Resources (LON:FND), Gulfsands Petroleum (LON:GPX), Hydrodec Group (LON:HYR), Interquest Group (LON:ITQ), Kakuzi (LON:KAKU), Lookers (LON:LOOK), Matrix Income & Growth 4 VCT, North Midland Construction (LON:NMD), Pinnacle Staffing Group Plc (LON:PCL) Group, Playtech (LON:PTEC), Plethora Solutions Holdings, Public Service Properties Investments, Pv Crystalox Solar Plc (LON:PVCS), Scisys Plc (LON:SSY), SR Europe Inv Trust and Thalassa Energy (LON:THAL).
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