Headline shares are tipped to open eighteen to twenty-two points lower today, according to financial websites, with investors keenly awaiting release of the latest UK employment data. In the US last night, the Dow lost 37 points at 10,748, the Nasdaq Composite added a point at 2,375 and the S&P500 fell 4 points at 1,156. In Asia today, the Nikkei was last up 15.22 points at 10,426.32, while the Hang Seng ended the morning off 106.09 points at 20,040.42. Crude oil traded at $75.87 a barrel on Nymex. Gold settled at $1,230 an ounce.
LONDON MARKETS
UK unemployment and trade balance data are due for release at 9:30am. In the corporate diary, interim results are due from Compass Group (LON:CPG), Dimension Data Hldgs Plc (LON:DDT) , Omg (LON:OMG), Stobart Group (LON:STOB) and Aegon.
Final results are listed from Firstgroup (LON:FGP), Strategic Thought Group (LON:STR) and Vertu Motors Plc (LON:VTU).
Trading statement are expected from Barratt Developments Plc (LON:BDEV), Beazley Group (LON:BEZ), Chime Communications (LON:CHW), Greggs (LON:GRG), John Wood Group (LON:WG.), Johnston Press (LON:JPR), Kesa Electricals (LON:KESA), Micro Focus International (LON:MCRO) Premier Foods Plc (LON:PFD), Prodesse Investment (LON:PRD) and Tullow Oil Plc (LON:TLW).
Arbuthnot Banking Group Plc (LON:ARBB), Aurelian Oil & Gas Plc (LON:AUL) , Balfour Beatty (LON:BBY), BG Group (LON:BG.), British Smaller Technology Companies VCT, Chime Communications (LON:CHW), Cineworld Group (LON:CINE), Clarkson (LON:CKN), Dialight (LON:DIA), European Goldfields (LON:EGU) Limited, Flying Brands (LON:FBDU), Frenkel Topping Group (LON:FEN), Futura Medical (LON:FUM), Goldenport, Goldenport, Greggs (LON:GRG), Hellenic Carriers (LON:HCL), Indochina Capital Vietnam Holding (LON:VNH), International Personal Finance Plc (LON:IPF), John Wood Group (LON:WG.), Kbc Advanced Technologies (LON:KBC), Marshalls (LON:MSLH), Matrix Income & Growth Vct (LON:IGV)& , McInerney Holdings, Mithras (LON:MTH) Inv Trust, Pittards (LON:PTD), Skyepharma (LON:SKP), TT Electronics (LON:TTG), Tullow Oil Plc (LON:TLW). Ukraine Opportunity (LON:UKRO) Trust, Weir Group (LON:WEIR) and Wellstream Holdings host their AGMs.
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