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Important FTSE 100 levels to watch on 4 June 2018

Morning all.

7% of RBS sold. Not sure if I'm happy about this or not. Another sign of normalisation of the UK economy but can't help feeling if they had waited another 6-12 months and the arrival of the dividend they would have got a much better price.

Can't hold them forever though and there's an opportunity cost of holding them too

Good morning!

The question is, what will the government do with the money?!

Morning!

GBP Services PMI 54.0 52.9 52.8

Since they are borrowing about £40b a year, raising a couple of billion means they "only" have to borrow £38b in cash terms.

Our country is still screwed until we can stop borrowing more and more money imho. how you persuade the electorate that the government needs to continue to be weaned off credit is most problematic.

Government need the £20b from RBS to buy this;

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44372011

HMRC chief Jon Thompson has defended his £20bn estimate of the cost to businesses of the post-Brexit customs system favoured by leading Brexiteers.

He told MPs that a technology-based system - dubbed the "max fac" solution - would cost businesses a similar amount to leaving the EU with no deal.

Morning!

Trump-Kim summit set for Singapore's Sentosa Island - White House

Morning all

surely the dow is going to take a run at 25000?

Lets see what 3:30 brings.

USD Crude Oil Inventories 2.1M -2.0M -3.6M

There or there abouts now.

A conclusive move through would be helpful

Dow up about 180 since our close and ftse being called up by IG by 15.

Might be worth a punt although I can't be bothered to work out if IG has already gone XD after our close and what the oil and cable impact is.

Good morning!

Morning all

Morning!

DOW on sale @25,239, FTSE @7,767.

I wish I'd taken the FTSE short!!

What Brexit? Investors warm to UK stocks as M&A surges