Breaking pre-market news on Tuesday,
- Whitbread warns of slowing sales growth at Premier Inn and Costa Coffee — statement. Read more
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Learn moreA nasty stasis in shares in E.ON, RWE and EDF at pixel time:
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Learn moreThe initial equity reaction to Japan’s tri-catastrophe crisis (earthquake, tsunami, nuclear disaster fears).
In Japan the Nikkei is down over 6 per cent: Read more
| Market | Last price | Today's change |
52 week high |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTSE 100 Index: FSI As of Jun 20 2013 12:19 |
6,212 | -136.73 | -2.2% | 6,876 |
| FTSEurofirst 300 Index: FSI As of Jun 20 2013 12:05 |
1,155 | -25.33 | -2.2% | 1,258 |
| S&P 500 INDEX: WCB As of Jun 19 2013 05:00 |
1,629 | -22.88 | -1.4% | 1,687 |
| Euro/US Dollar FX Spot Rate As of Jun 20 2013 11:49 |
1.32 | -0.01 | -0.8% | 1.37 |
| ICE Brent Crude Oil Front Month: IEU As of Jun 20 2013 12:20 |
104.34 | -1.78 | -1.7% | 119.17 |
| COMEX GOLD 1 FUTURES CHAIN Front Mon: CMX As of Jun 20 2013 12:02 |
1,302 | -71.80 | -5.2% | 1,795 |
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