World markets
| Shanghai | 2,092.45 | -51.00 (-2.38%) |
| S&P 500 | 1,628.93 | -22.88 (-1.39%) |
| Nikkei 225 | 13,014.58 | -230.64 (-1.74%) |
| Hang Seng Index | 20,432.71 | -554.18 (-2.64%) |
| TSEC | 7,898.91 | -108.48 (-1.35%) |
| EURO STOXX 50 | 2,683.98 | 0.00 (0.00%) |
| CAC 40 | 3,839.34 | 0.00 (0.00%) |
| S&P TSX | 12,268.29 | -99.17 (-0.80%) |
| S&P/ASX 200 | 4,758.40 | -103.00 (-2.12%) |
| BSE Sensex | 18,858.84 | -386.86 (-2.01%) |
| KOSPI | 1,850.49 | -37.82 (-2.00%) |
Equity sell-off accelerates after Fed comments
Thursday 06.30 BST. European stocks look set to join the heavy sell-off seen across Asia, which started in the US overnight in response to the Federal Reserve's confirmation that it expects to start easing its asset purchases later this year.
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Top stories
The prospect of an eventual �tell Sid�-style sale of shares in Lloyds Bank was raised by George Osborne as he claimed Britain's economy had emerged from �intensive care�.
Lloyds Banking Group was found to have the largest individual shortfall of �7bn, more than double the �3.2bn Royal Bank of Scotland has been told it must raise, while Barclays will have to find an additional �1.7bn of new capital and Co-op Bank �1.5bn.
A top businessman who threw his weight behind the Government's savage cuts is to be made an unelected minister and handed a peerage.
BEIJING | Wed Jun 19, 2013 6:56am EDT. BEIJING (Reuters) - Wanda Group, China's largest commercial real estate developer, aims to invest about $1 billion to build a five-star hotel in New York as its third major investment outside its home market, ...
The Environment secretary will say that using GM will make use of farm land and �free up space for biodiversity, nature and wilderness�.
Trends
| Gainers | Change | Mkt Cap | |
| PZC | PZ Cussons plc | 4.96% | 1,678.08M |
| RIO | Rio Tinto plc | 2.40% | 52,994.20M |
| SKP | SkyePharma PLC | 0.98% | 3,994.08M |
| MONY | Moneysupermarket.com Group | 0.89% | 1,003.94M |
| CCH | Coca Cola HBC AG | 0.83% | 5,820.20M |
| Losers | Change | Mkt Cap | |
| AZEM | AZ Electronic Materials Group | -3.07% | 1,192.98M |
| UBM | UBM Plc | -1.49% | 1,657.81M |
| TPOE | Third Point Offshore Investors Ltd | -1.45% | 1,107.78M |
| INDI | Indus Gas Limited | -1.41% | 1,659.03M |
| SNR | Senior plc | -1.40% | 1,037.59M |
Excludes shares with mkt cap of less than �1,000M. Learn more