- FTSE 100 down 0.6% to 6,140
- Gold down 0.24% to $1,232.33/oz
- £/$ – 1.4151
The FTSE 100 slipped back yesterday, falling 0.6% to close at 6,140.
Miners were the main drivers of the slide. Anglo American led the market down with a 10.7% fall, while BHP Billiton lost 6.6% and Glencore was 4.8% lower.
In Europe, the Paris CAC 40 fell 0.8% to 4,472, and the German Xetra Dax lost 0.6% to 9,933.
In the US, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.1% to 17,251, the S&P 500 slipped 0.2% to 2,015, and the Nasdaq Composite was 0.5% lower at 4,728.
Overnight in Japan, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.8% to 16,974, and the broader Topix index fell 0.8% to 1,360. And in China, the CSI 300 added 0.5% to 3,090, and the Shanghai Composite was 0.2% higher at 2,870.
Brent spot was trading at $38.99 early today, and in New York, crude oil was at $36.73. Spot gold was trading at $1,231 an ounce, silver was at $15.22 and platinum was at $960.
In the forex markets this morning, sterling was trading against the US dollar at 1.4108 and against the euro at 1.2725. The dollar was trading at 0.9019 against the euro and 113.65 against the Japanese yen.
And today, the London Stock Exchange and Germany’s Deutsche Börse say they have agreed a £21bn “merger of equals”. The deal will leave the combined company owned 45.6% by LSE shareholders and 54.4% by Deutsche Börse shareholders.