Headline shares are tipped to open slightly lower, according to financial websites, taking a lead from sharp falls in New York and Asia, with the day likely to be dominated by the UK General Election. In the US last night, the Dow lost 59 points at 10,868, the Nasdaq Composite fell 22 points at 2,402 and the S&P500 shed 8 points at 1,166. In Asia today, the Nikkei was down 342.21 points (3%) at 10,715.19, while the Hang Seng ended the morning off 221.47 points at 20,106.07. Crude oil traded at $80.13 a barrel on Nymex.
LONDON MARKETS
In a busy corporate diary for the day, interim results are due from Allied Healthcare International Inc (LON:AHI), Endeavour International, Minorplanet Systems Plc (LON:MPS), Randgold Resources (LON:RRS), RSA Insurance Group, Smith & Nephew (LON:SN.)& and Talvivaara Mining Company.
Final results are scheduled from Vedanta Resources (LON:VED).
Trading statements are expected from Arriva (LON:ARI), Bovis Homes, Cobham (LON:COB), Computacenter (LON:CCC), Diageo (LON:DGE), Mondi Plc (LON:MNDI), Wm Morrison Supermarkets, Partygaming Plc (LON:PRTY), Petropavlovsk (LON:POG), Resolution (LON:RSL), Restaurant Group Plc (LON:RTN) Group, Rexam (LON:REX), RSA Insurance Group, Schroders (LON:SDR), Tomkins (LON:TOMK) and Yule Catto.
Arriva (LON:ARI), Atlantic Global Plc (LON:ATL), Bovis Homes Group (LON:BVS), Brit Insurance (LON:BRE) Holdings, Catlin Group (LON:CGL), Cobham (LON:COB), Costain Group (LON:COST), Devro (LON:DVO), F&C Inv Trust, James Fisher & Sons, GKN (LON:GKN), Glaxosmithkline (LON:GSK), Grafton Group (LON:GFTU), Hygea, Inditherm Plc (LON:IDM), Jardine Matheson, Lloyds Banking Group (LON:LLOY), Mondi Plc (LON:MNDI), Morgan Sindall (LON:MGNS), Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc (LON:RB.) Group, Restaurant Group Plc (LON:RTN) Group, Rexam (LON:REX), Schroders (LON:SDR), Smith & Nephew (LON:SN.)& Sweet China (LON:SWC) and Yule Catto host their AGMs.
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