- FTSE 100 down 0.1% to 6,747
- Gold up 0.42% to $1,089.55
- £/$ – 1.5512
The FTSE 100 slipped back yesterday, falling 0.1% to close at 6,747.
Travel firm TUI was the day’s biggest faller, down 3%. BP also lost 3%, and Anglo American was 2.8% lower. Topping the index was Inmarsat, which gained 6.7%.
In Europe’s markets yesterday, the Paris CAC 40 fell 0.1% to 5,192, and the German Xetra Dax was 0.4% lower at 11,585.
In the US, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.7% to 17,419, the S&P 500 lost 0.8% to 2,083, and the Nasdaq Composite was 1.6% lower at 5,056.
Overnight in Japan, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.3% to 20,724, and the broader Topix index gained 0.3% to 1,679. And in China, the CSI 300 rose 2% to 3,906, and the Shanghai Composite added 2.3% to 3,744.
Brent spot was trading at $49.99 early today, and in New York, crude oil was at $45.08. Spot gold was trading at $1,094 an ounce, silver was at $14.79 and platinum was at $954.
In the forex markets this morning, sterling was trading against the US dollar at 1.5498 and against the euro at 1.4162. The dollar was trading at 0.9138 against the euro and 124.78 against the Japanese yen.
And today, changes to betting taxes meant bookmaker William Hill reported a fall in profits for the first half of the year. Pre-tax profits for the six months to the end of June fell by 35% to £78.7m.