FTSE promises Friday gains, following rises in US, Asia

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PRE-OPEN REPORT: Gains in key bourses in Asia and the US bode well for the UK��"s headline indices on this rainy Friday, with investors spying buying opportunities following a sell-off earlier in the week.

US & ASIA

In the US overnight, an overall positive session saw the Dow add 114 points, or 0.76%, to 15,024, followed by a 26 point, or 0.76%, rise to 3,402 on the Nasdaq. The S&P500 followed suit, adding 10 points, or 0.61%, to 1,613.

In Asia today, the Nikkei continued its multi-day run up to be 461 points, or 3.5%, ahead at 13,687. The Hang Seng was up 239 points, or 1.17%, to 20,679.

WTI crude oil was around the $97.2 level for a barrel, while Brent crude was around $103.1.

Gold was trading around $1,199.9.



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Nikkei climbs to 3-week high; reduced Fed worries, data lift mood

Fri Jun 28, 2013 7:07am BST

TOKYO, June 28 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average rose
3.5 percent to a three-week high on Friday, helped by optimism
that the U.S. Federal Reserve will not soon rein in its stimulus
measures and by encouraging Japanese economic data.

Gains in Asian markets also lifted the mood as the benchmark
Nikkei ended 463.77 points higher at 13,677.32, a level
unseen since June 5.

The broader Topix gained 3.2 percent to 1,133.84.

FTSE edges down, heads for monthly fall

LONDON | Fri Jun 28, 2013 11:51am BST
(Reuters) - The FTSE 100 edged lower on Friday, putting it on track for its first monthly fall in over a year as uncertainty over future central bank stimulus dented sentiment.

The blue-chip FTSE 100 index, which raced to a 13-year high of 6,875.62 points in late May, was down by 0.1 percent, or 5.51 points, at 6,237.89 points in mid-session trade.

CAD GDP m/m 0.1% 0.1% 0.2%

CAD RMPI m/m 0.2% 0.5% -2.2%

CAD IPPI m/m 0.0% 0.7% -0.8%

Chicago PMI 51.6 55.5 58.7

USD Revised UoM Consumer Sentiment 84.1 83.1 82.7

USD Revised UoM Inflation Expectations 3.0% 3.2%