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FTSE / DOW YTD

Morning!


In the US last night, the Dow rose 64 point to 18,076 the Nasdaq rose 22 points to 5,099 and the S&P 500 rose 4 points at 2,114.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently up 54.08 points at 20,527.59 and the Hang Seng down 360.71 points at 27,296.76.

WTI crude oil traded at $59.64 a barrel and Brent at $63.80.

Gold settled at $1,184.70 an ounce.

Trade well and prosper!

Tsipras sees Greek deal, but differences remain after EU talks

Morning all,
National Grid also goes ex-div this morning - missing from list above.

Lord Gnome - unfortunately not in my control, but the "Upcoming UK Ex-Dividend Dates" link in the header is more reliable for the majority of companies.

Midknight - if you see this, I won't be around again @9 - so could you post the Opening Summary.

Market Opening Report

Endgame nears:
Greece vows never to 'surrender' to creditors

Bond market carnage triggers selloff in US stock futures

UK interest rates held.

Midday Report

Allure of cash grows as fear of market correction rises

USD Unemployment Claims 276K 280K 284K

USD Revised Nonfarm Productivity q/q -3.1% -2.8% -1.9%

USD Revised Unit Labor Costs q/q 6.7% 5.8% 5.0%

CAD Ivey PMI 62.3 55.1 58.2

Bingo

IMF sees 'strong case' for waiting until next year to hike

Greece latest

Tsipras has no plans for confidence vote on Friday

Closing Market Summary

So bought a small amount of INTU, VSVS and TATE about an hour in this morning.

Looks like FTSE will be down again tomorrow based on where the Dow is now. Fancy some RDSB it if breaches £19.

Insurance and property sector starting to come into my sights although I would like them lower yet. I am already holding some RSA.

I can't decide how far FTSE might fall in this phase. I'm pretty happy with overall valuations but very mindful there hasn't been any real fear in the market for months. CAC and DAX don't look too clever to me on a technical basis and may drag the FTSE down regardless.