- FTSE 100 down 0.5% to 6,305
- Gold down 0.81% to 1,069.20/oz
- £/$ – 1.5124
The FTSE 100 started the week on the back foot yesterday slipping 0.5% to close at 6,305.
TUI Travel was the day’s biggest faller, down 3.5%. Supermarkets were also out of favour, with Tesco falling 3.4% and Morrisons 2.8% lower.
In Europe, the Paris CAC 40 fell 0.4% to 4,889, and the German Xetra Dax lost 0.2% to 11,092.
In the US, the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.2% to 17,792, the S&P 500 fell 0.1% to 2,086, and the Nasdaq Composite was two points lower at 5,102.
Overnight in Japan, the Nikkei 225 added 0.2% to 19,924, and the broader Topix index rose 0.2% to 1,605. And in China, the CSI 300 was unchanged at 3,753, and the Shanghai Composite rose 0.2% to 3,616.
Brent spot was trading at $45.30 early today, and in New York, crude oil was at $42.26. Spot gold was trading at $1,074 an ounce, silver was at $14.17 and platinum was at $842.
In the forex markets this morning, sterling was trading against the US dollar at 1.5122 and against the euro at 1.4204. The dollar was trading at 0.9393 against the euro and 122.55 against the Japanese yen.
And today, retailer Kingfisher reported a fall in profits for the third quarter, despite a rise in sales. Retail profits fell 6.6% to £223m. Like-for-like sales rose by 4.6 % in the UK, but just 0.1% in France. The group’s Screwfix stores saw like for like sales up by 13.3%.