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FTSE / DOW YTD

Morning!


In the US last night, the Dow lost 223 points to 16,321, the Nasdaq lost 62 points to 4,214 and the S&P 500 lost 31 points at 1,875.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently down 282.64 points at 15,017.71 and the Hang Seng up 151.28 points at 23,294.66.

WTI crude oil traded at $85.74 a barrel and Brent at $88.89.

Gold settled at $1,229.30 an ounce.

Opening Market Summary

GBP CPI y/y 1.2% 1.4% 1.5%

GBP PPI Input m/m -0.6% -0.4% -0.6%

GBP RPI y/y 2.3% 2.3% 2.4%

GBP Core CPI y/y 1.5% 1.8% 1.9%

GBP HPI y/y 11.7% 12.3% 11.7%

GBP PPI Output m/m -0.1% -0.1% -0.1%

EUR German ZEW Economic Sentiment -3.6 0.2 6.9

EUR Industrial Production m/m -1.8% -1.5% 1.0%

EUR ZEW Economic Sentiment 4.1 7.1 14.2

Midday Report

German investor morale below zero

Gold latest

Closing Market Summary