Market Report 27 April 2010

Market Indices
U.S indices again continued to rise for most of last week on improving economic data and strong earnings reports from market participants including Goldman Sachs. 

The UK and the European markets were a little more lacklustre as the problems in Greece continued to weigh; in addition the UK seems to be treading water in the run up to the election, while Asian markets were feeling the squeeze from the Chinese Government crack down on property speculation.

The UK’s FTSE All Share opened the week at 2950.16, closing down -0.13% at 2946.39.

In the U.S, the Dow opened the week at 11018.36, closing up 1.69% at 11204.28.

The Nikkei opened the week at 10929.64, closing on Friday at 10914.46, down -0.14%.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng opened the week at 21557.78, closing down -1.45% at 21244.49.


The Week Ahead

Tuesday;
BP
Arm Holdings
Reckitt Benckiser
Lloyds Banking Group
Imperial Tobacco

Wednesday

Home Retail
Croda International
Segro
GlaxoSmithKline
British American Tobacco
Admiral
Rolls Royce

Thursday

BSkyB
BG
Unilever
Shire
Whitbread
HMV
Hammerson
AstraZeneca

Friday

WPP
Pearson
Rentokil



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