There were no major movements this week on the stock markets around the world with the highest change being in China again with the Hang Seng moving up by 3.7%.
It was a mixed week of stock market movements with some indices falling in parts of the world whereas others rose and even in the UK the FTSE 100 fell whilst the broader FTSE 250 gained on the week.
Oil has more or less halted this week at just under $70 per barrel and gold pretty much the same gaining just 0.3% on the week.
End of the week saw:
Last week This week Change Stock exchanges: FTSE 100: 4,345.93 GBX 4,241.01 GBX DOWN 2.4% FTSE 250: 7,334.34 GBP 7,386.26 GBP UP 0.7% UK All Share: 22,394.57 ZAX 22,308.28 ZAX DOWN 0.4% US DOW: 8,539.73 USD 8,438.39 USD DOWN 1.2% US S&P 500: 921.23 USD 918.90 USD DOWN 0.3% US NASDAQ: 1,827.47 USD 1,838.22 USD UP 0.6% Japan Nikkei: 9,786.26 JPY 9,877.39 JPY UP 0.9% China H Seng: 17,920.93 HKD 18,600.26 HKD UP 3.7% Australian ASX 200: 3,899.60 AUD 3,903.80 AUD UP 0.1% German DAX: 4,839.46 EUR 4,776.47 EUR DOWN 1.3% French CAC 40: 3,221.27 EUR 3,129.73 EUR DOWN 2.8% Spanish Ibex 35: 9,580.90 EUR 9,686.90 EUR UP 1.1% Currencies: UK Sterling £ to US Dollar $ 1.65145 1.64959 DOWN 0.1% UK Sterling £ to Euro € 1.18283 1.17359 DOWN 0.8% UK Sterling £ to Japanese Yen 158.752 157.104 DOWN 1.0% UK Sterling £ to Aus $ 2.05065 2.04566 DOWN 0.2% US Dollar $ to Euro € 0.716503 0.711440 DOWN 0.7% US Dollar $ to Japanese Yen 98.1538 95.2381 DOWN 3.0% US Dollar $ to Aus $ 1.24306 1.24010 DOWN 0.2% Commodities: Nymex Crude oil $69.55 $69.43 DOWN 0.2% Gold $936.20 $939.00 UP 0.3%
























