Tokyo Stock Exchange Closed for the Day Just a reminder that Japan has a holiday on 11th August 2017 – mountain day. Apparently this is a new holiday introduced in 2016 to celebrate Japan’s many mountainous regions. Anyway, the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) will be closed for the day.

FTSE 100 close to record high The FTSE 100 index was just 5 points off its record high today (08/08/17) when it closed at: 7542. The FTSE 100 reached 7547 back at the beginning of June 2017. Are new records to be set this week?

FTSE 100 closes higher The FTSE 100 closed higher on Thursday (03/08/17) – up 63 points to close at: 7475 Best FTSE 100 performer was: NEXT PLC (NXT) – shares up by 9.7% on the day. Worst FTSE 100 performer was: ConvaTec Group PLC (CTEC) – down by 6.4%

FTSE 100 lower The FTSE 100 closed lower today (02/08/17) at 7411 Old Mutual PLC (OML) was the best performer up 2.8% to 203p and Standard Chartered PLC (STAN) was at the bottom of the pile down 6.1% to 795p