- FTSE 100 down 0.3% to 6,182
- Gold up 0.64% to $1,267.36/oz
- £/$ – 1.4265
The FTSE 100 fell back yesterday, slipping 0.3% to close at 6,182.
Precious metals miner Randgold was the day’s biggest faller, sliding 3%. Worldpay lost 2.7%, and RSA Insurance was 2.3% lower.
In Europe, the Paris CAC 40 fell 0.3% to 4,442, and the German Xetra Dax lost 0.5% to 9,778.
In the US, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.4% to 17,073, the S&P 500 added 0.1% to 2,001, and the Nasdaq Composite was 0.2% lower at 4,708.
Overnight in Japan, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.8% to 16,783, and the broader Topix index lost 1% to 1,347. And in China, the CSI 300 added 0.1% to 3,107, and the Shanghai Composite was 0.1% higher at 2,901.
Brent spot was trading at $40.60 early today, and in New York, crude oil was at $37.65. Spot gold was trading at $1,275 an ounce, silver was at $15.67 and platinum was at $1,003.
In the forex markets this morning, sterling was trading against the US dollar at 1.4231 and against the euro at 1.2922. The dollar was trading at 0.9075 against the euro and 112.94 against the Japanese yen.
And in the UK, estate agent Foxtons reported a fall in profits, as the London prime property market comes off the boil. Pre-tax profit fell by 2.6% to £41m in 2015.