AFX UK at a glance share guide - Wednesday

LONDON (AFX) - MARKETS
Leading shares are tipped to open the session lower mirroring falls on Wall Street overnight, where the Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered its worst one-day points decline for two months.
Spread bettors IG Index expect the FTSE 100 index to open 13 points lower at 5,582.

DJIA closed down 105.50 at 10,777.77,
Nasdaq Comp 2,226.89 down 22.53
S&P 500 1,256.55, down 12.1
Tokyo: Nikkei 225 closes up 225.21 at 16,194.61
Hang Seng midday 15,205.23, up 22.70
Gold 510.15-510.65 USD (510.55 usd)
Oil - Brent Feb 57.85 usd a barrel down 31 cents from its US close of 58.16

WEDNESDAY BREAKING NEWS
* Bonds spur fear of US slowdown - FT
* John Lewis reports 12 pct rise in xmas sales - FT
* Quinetiq gets green light for 1 bln stg float - FT
* InBev chief goes in board shake-up - Telegraph
* EDF adds 2 mln stg to underwater power project - Guardian
* Modest recovery in house prices forecast - Guardian
* DaimlerChrysler to sell MTU to Swedish EQT today - Times
* Struggling retailers at risk as rent collectors come calling - Times

WEDNESDAY PRESS COMMENT - FT LEX Column
Comments on power of speculators in Chinese copper markets following recent scandals. Leads into coincidence of the likelihood of pivotal 12 months for the metals markets. -- Says that leading indicators suggest industrial demand will hold up reasonably well but supply is starting to catch up.
-- Forecasting global oil supply and demand is like nailing jelly to the wall. Says global demand in 2005 grew less than half the rate of 2004 but says looking ahead global demand is likely to pick up according to OPEC and IEA assumptions.

hello

what is happening with the prices on stockwatch - nothing moving

kat

Yes - I've got no streaming prices - haven't done all morning.

Whats going on MoneyAm? Or are you still ZZzzzzzz

The problem lay with the service provider who now advise that a fix has been made. It generally takes a little while for the prices to catch up.....

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Good afternoon all - lazy morning, forgot there was a world out there......

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