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[leedskier] 16/5/2013 06:48

FTSE100 tipped to open flat to slightly lower this morning
16 May 2013 | 06:37am
StockMarketWire.com - PRE-OPEN REPORT: The headline index is tipped to open flat to slightly lower this morning, according to financial websites, on another busy day for corporate earnings news.....

US & ASIA

In the US last night, the Dow rose 61 points at 15,276, the Nasdaq Composite added 9 points at 3,472 and the S&P500 gained 9 points at 1,659.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently down 178 points at 14,917 and the Hang Seng up 83 points at 23,127.

WTI crude oil traded at $94.22 a barrel and Brent crude at $103.68.

Gold settled at $1,395 an ounce.

LONDON MARKETS

In a busy corporate diary today, interim results are due from Antofagasta, Coca-Cola HBC, Euromoney Institutional Investor, Grainger, Impax Asset Management, Marston's, MirLand Development Corporation, New World Resources, Optos and Subsea Resources.

Final results are scheduled from Invensys, National Grid, Shanks Group, Stobart Group, TalkTalk Telecom Group and Vedanta Resources.

Trading statements are expected from Afren, Aviva, Bumi, Bovis Homes Group, Capital & Regional, Cairn Energy, Dixons Retail, Inchcape, Kier Group, Premier Oil, Rank Group, SIG, Synthomer, Trinity Mirror, Travis Perkins and UTV Media.

Amlin, Balfour Beatty, Bovis Homes Group, Cairn Energy, Corac Group, Fidelity European Values, Fox Marble Holdings, Glencore Xstrata, Hikma Pharmaceuticals, Inchcape, Jardine Matheson Holdings, Middlefield Canadian Income PCC, Next, Octopus Second AIM VCT, Paternoster Resources, Prudential, Resolution, STM Group, Synthomer, Trinity Mirror, Unite Group, UTV Media, Xaar and Xcite Energy host their AGMs.

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[jazza] 16/5/2013 00:41

maxk 15 May'13 - 23:43 - 109645 of 109645

Ireland, max? I can't see it on the tee-vee..

Keep an eye on regulatory protection? Why? it hasn't changed for donkeys years..


Anyhoo, I was talking tech innovation, max.

Scientists will actually save the world, the politicians will be left to (falsely) claim they did.

[maxk] 15/5/2013 23:43

Yep, foresight is the thing eh Jazz.

Who'd of forseen the €urobuns robbing peoples bank accounts?

[jazza] 15/5/2013 23:38

Dope, perhaps that's true. Watch this space.I remember similar comparisons between amazon and major retailers 10+ years ago.Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

[dope007] 15/5/2013 23:36

No problem Jazza but $9 bllion mkt cap and $11 million profit, I would prefer to embrace the future at a more realistic price. To justify having the same market cap of Lexus they wuold need ton increace production by a factor of at least 30x. And to do that they would need massive investment in plant, machinary, people, dealerships, etc, etc.

Tesla are a classic short squeeze and will make a very profitable short sell for someone very soon

[jazza] 15/5/2013 23:14

Embrace the future dope, don't be a err dope...

[dope007] 15/5/2013 22:57

Nice late day Ramp in the US tonight. I also note Tesla the super dooper car company is up after hours despite issuing stock to raise money....

[ramco] 15/5/2013 15:38

EIA Petroleum Inventories: Crude -0.6M barrels vs. consensus of +0M. Gasoline +2.6M barrels vs. consensus of -0.7M. Distillates +2.3M barrels vs. consensus of +0.5M. Crude -1.75% at $92.56.

[ramco] 15/5/2013 15:38

China has temporarily halted 1M metric tons/year of primary aluminum (JJC) capacity YTD and could cut another 300K tons capacity before year-end if metal prices remain low, but it won't solve the global glut, CRU consultants say. China is producing at a rate of 24M tons/year of aluminum; its share of global production will exceed 50% by the end of the decade, when it could reach 42M tons - "quite scary," CRU says.

[ramco] 15/5/2013 15:27

For the second straight session, Philippine stocks (EPHE +0.5%) lead regional gainers, rising 1.08% in Manila after mid-term elections indicate President Aquino will control both chambers of Congress effectively eliminating the prospect he will become a lame-duck. Aquino's economic policies have helped the country attain investment grade status but have been criticized for not doing enough to help the poor or stamp out deep-seated corruption.

[ramco] 15/5/2013 15:15

NAHB Housing Market Index: +3 to 44, vs. consensus of 43; 41 in April.

[ramco] 15/5/2013 15:15

Q1 E-Commerce Retail Sales: +2.7% from Q4 to $61.2B. Total retail sales estimated to be +1.1% to $1,118.9B. E-commerce sales +15.2%. E-commerce sales accounted for 5.5% of all sales in the quarter.

[ramco] 15/5/2013 14:37

Marks & Spencer (MAKSY.PK) trades higher in London as the retailer garners positive reviews for its new autumn and winter fashion lines. The company is trying to reverse a two-year sales slide with a clearer message to shoppers in what could be the last hurrah for CEO Marc Bolland if things don't go smoothly.

[ramco] 15/5/2013 14:37

At the open: Dow -0.2% to 15185. S&P -0.16% to 1648. Nasdaq -0.06% to 3461.
Treasurys: 30-year +0.61%. 10-yr +0.28%. 5-yr +0.12%.
Commodities: Crude -1.35% to $92.94. Gold -0.85% to $1412.35.
Currencies: Euro -0.45% vs. dollar. Yen -0.15%. Pound -0.14%.

[ramco] 15/5/2013 14:19

Market preview: A day of plentiful data may set the tone for stocks, as futures indicate a lower open after the Empire State manufacturing survey turned negative. Also, wholesale prices fell sharply. S&P benchmark -0.2%. Key European indices hover near breakeven after the release of several disappointing GDP reports. Still ahead: industrial production, NAHB housing, EIA petroleum.

[ramco] 15/5/2013 14:18

Earlier...;

April Producer Price Index: -0.7% vs. -0.7% expected and -0.6% prior. Core PPI +0.1% vs. +0.2% expected and +0.2% prior.

May Empire State Survey: Manufacturing -1.43 vs. +3.75 expected, +3.05 prior.

[ramco] 15/5/2013 14:16

Apr. Industrial Production: -0.5% vs. -0.2% expected, +0.4% prior. Capacity utilization 77.8% vs. 78.3% consensus; 78.5% prior.

[ramco] 15/5/2013 14:16

On the hour: S&P -0.14%. 10-yr +0.19%. Euro -0.38% vs. dollar. Crude -1.19% to $93.08. Gold -0.97% to $1410.75.

[jazza] 15/5/2013 12:23

Lots of opinion, conjecture, supposition max.

Kind of crowded out all the facts and figures..

[maxk] 15/5/2013 09:41

h/t to mro on the gold thread.



May 15, 2013 · 7:22 am

GLOBAL LOOTING: Irish banking system 'about to go bang'


Behind the scenes at the Dublin FinMin bail-in bunfight



"Together – with our debt and your money – we can work this thing out"

[jwe] 15/5/2013 09:12

So far we have Germany,France & Italy all missing on GDP