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Eurozone Contagion Fears Weigh on UK Spread Betting Markets
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Daily share trading news with a look at the factors affecting the stocks and shares of the largest US, Asian and UK firms:
For today's review see: Shares News.
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UK Shares News - 10 Jul 12 |
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| » UK markets declined yesterday, as a rise in Spanish bond yields renewed fears of contagion among investors before the European officials meet in Brussels to discuss on potential measures to contain the debt crisis.
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| » Engineering Group, IMI fell 3.3%, amid fears that Eurozone’s debt crisis would impact its earnings.
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| » Resources, ENRC and Anglo American share spread betting markets lost between 1.9% and 2.9%, following reports that inflation in China eased in June as industrial demand fell.
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| » Xstrata dropped 2.2%, on a media report that the shareholder vote on its proposed merger with Glencore might be delayed until September.
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| » Burberry fell 2.6%, on demand concerns from China.
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| » Barclays lost 0.8%, as investors continued to fret over the LIBOR fixing scandal.
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| » Kenmare Resources dropped 10.3%, after its Australian peer Iluka Resources cut its sales outlook for the second-half of the year.
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| » FTSE 100 slid 0.6% to close at 5,627.3, while FTSE 250 also shed 0.8% to settle at 10,983.3.
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Where to Spread Bet on UK Shares
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Spread betting markets on European Shares may also be available through other companies. Notes.
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US Shares News - 10 Jul 12 |
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| » US markets closed lower yesterday, with the S&P 500 index extending its losses for the third day.
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| » This came as a surge in Italian and Spanish bond yields reflected signs that investors remained concerned about the ability of European policymakers to deal with the region’s debt crisis and ahead of quarterly results from Alcoa.
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| » Industrial and energy shares led the declines, with Chevron, Exxon Mobil, Caterpillar and DuPont dropping between 0.6% and 2.9%, as investors remained pessimistic about earnings.
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| » Alpha Natural Resources, the top laggard on the S&P 500 index, slumped 7.5%, amid a selloff in coal related shares after peer, Patriot Coal filed for bankruptcy.
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| » Patriot Coal nosedived 72.1%. Visa and MasterCard fell 1.3% and 2.4%, respectively, after being downgraded at UBS, citing concerns over their earnings.
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| » DJIA edged down 0.3% to settle at 12,736.3. NASDAQ ticked down 0.2% to close at 2,931.8. S&P 500 inched 0.2% lower to end at 1,352.5.
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Where to Spread Bet on US Shares
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Spread betting markets on US Shares may also be available through other companies. Notes.
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Asian Shares News - 10 Jul 12 |
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| » Asian markets are trading mostly lower this morning, as disappointing Chinese trade data increased concerns about China’s economic growth, outweighing report that Eurozone Finance Ministers had agreed on aid for Spain.
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| » In Japan, Furukawa-Sky Aluminum gained value, after its US peer Alcoa reported better-than-expected quarterly profits.
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| » However, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial eased amid report that its core banking unit had suspended two traders suspected of prior involvement in the LIBOR manipulation.
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| » In Hong Kong, retailer, Li Ning traded lower after the company announced that its licensee LN Plus Iberoamerica had filed for bankruptcy.
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| » In South Korea, Hyundai Motor lost value, after a consumer watchdog in the US sued the company for allegedly misleading consumers.
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| » Nikkei 225 index is trading 0.3% higher at 8,920.6. Hong Kong index is trading 0.3% lower, at 19,377.6, while the Kospi index is trading 0.5% lower, at 1,827.9.
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Eurozone Contagion Fears Weigh on UK Spread Betting Markets - edited by ETX Capital, 10 July 2012.
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