Headline shares on the FTSE 100 are tipped to open twelve to eighteen points lower, according to financial websites, following subdued performances on Wall Street overnight and across Asian bourses today. In the US last night, the Dow added a point at 11,205, the Nasdaq Composite fell 7 points at 2,523 and the S&P500 lost 5 points at 1,212. In Asia today, the Nikkei was up 2.98 points at 11,168.77, while the Hang Seng ended the morning off 215.19 points at 21,371.87. Crude oil traded at $83.73 a barrel on Nymex. Gold settled at $1,155 an ounce.
LONDON MARKETS
In a busy corporate diary for the day, interim results are due from ARM Holdings, BP (LON:BP.), Character Group (LON:CCT), Connaught (LON:CNT), Electrolux, Icon, Imperial Innovations Group (LON:IVO), Imperial Tobacco Group (LON:IMT), International Ferro Metals (LON:IFL), Next Fifteen Communications, Norsk Hydro, Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc (LON:RB.), and United Bank. Final results are scheduled from Asia Digital Holdings (LON:ADH), N Brown Group, Lifeline Scientific (LON:LSI) Inc., Pinnacle Staffing Group Plc (LON:PCL), and Public Service Properties Investment. Trading statements are expected from Dunelm Group Plc (LON:DNLM), GlobeOp Financial Services, Lloyds Banking Group (LON:LLOY), Premier Foods Plc (LON:PFD) and Promethean World.
Bradford & Bingley (LON:BB.), Communisis (LON:CMS), Efes Breweries International, Fidessa Group Plc (LON:FDSA), Informa (LON:INF), IP Group (LON:IPO), Laird Group (LON:LRD), New World Resources, Oxford Biomedica (LON:OXB), Personal Group Holdings, Primary Company Health Group (LON:CHT) Properties, Progressive Digital Media Group (LON:PRO, Shires (LON:SHRS), Witan (LON:WTAN), and Xchanging Plc (LON:XCH) host AGMs.
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