European stocks traded lower on Tuesday morning, with auto, chemicals and construction shares among the worst performers led by AstraZeneca (-0.9%) and British American Tobacco (-1.2%). Losses came despite optimism regarding trade developments between the US and China after President Trump said he was ready to resume trade talks with Beijing. The FTSE 100 fell 0.3%; the DAX 30 dropped 0.3%; the CAC 40 declined 0.5%; and the IBEX 35 went down 0.2% around 08:30 AM London time. Meanwhile, the FTSE MIB increased 1.0% as the ruling Five Star Movement (M5S) and the opposition Democratic Party (PD) appeared on the verge of a deal to form a new government, after the PD indicated it had abandoned a veto on Giuseppe Conte serving another term as Prime Minister.
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Components | 
Price | 
 | 
 | 
Day | 
Year | 
Capital | 
Date | 
| RDSB | 
Royal Dutch Shell | 
2,267.50 | 
 | 
15.50 | 
0.69% | 
-13.39% | 
291B | 
Aug/27 | 
| RDSA | 
Royal Dutch Shell | 
2,274.00 | 
 | 
7.50 | 
0.33% | 
-11.29% | 
290B | 
Aug/27 | 
| HSBA | 
HSBC Holdings | 
585.30 | 
 | 
-1.10 | 
-0.19% | 
-15.25% | 
178B | 
Aug/27 | 
| ULVR | 
Unilever | 
5,033.00 | 
 | 
23.00 | 
0.46% | 
12.19% | 
161B | 
Aug/27 | 
| BP | 
BP | 
493.10 | 
 | 
5.10 | 
1.05% | 
-11.90% | 
144B | 
Aug/27 | 
| BATS | 
British American Tobacco | 
2,888.50 | 
 | 
-72.50 | 
-2.45% | 
-25.78% | 
107B | 
Aug/27 | 
| GSK | 
GlaxoSmithKline | 
1,689.00 | 
 | 
-2.20 | 
-0.13% | 
5.40% | 
100B | 
Aug/27 | 
| AZN | 
AstraZeneca | 
7,240.00 | 
 | 
-73.00 | 
-1.00% | 
22.40% | 
97.5B | 
Aug/27 | 
| RIO | 
Rio Tinto | 
3,948.50 | 
 | 
24.00 | 
0.61% | 
4.79% | 
90.4B | 
Aug/27 | 
| DGE | 
Diageo | 
3,422.00 | 
 | 
4.00 | 
0.12% | 
24.80% | 
86.1B | 
Aug/27 | 
| RB/ | 
Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC | 
6,141.00 | 
 | 
35.00 | 
0.57% | 
-9.12% | 
63.5B | 
Aug/27 | 
| GLEN | 
Glencore | 
225.20 | 
 | 
-0.30 | 
-0.13% | 
-31.22% | 
63.2B | 
Aug/27 | 
| PRU | 
Prudential | 
1,350.00 | 
 | 
-12.50 | 
-0.92% | 
-23.27% | 
61.2B | 
Aug/27 | 
| VOD | 
Vodafone | 
150.52 | 
 | 
0.18 | 
0.12% | 
-14.09% | 
59.1B | 
Aug/27 | 
| LLOY | 
Lloyds Banking Group | 
50.09 | 
 | 
0.10 | 
0.20% | 
-17.60% | 
56.9B | 
Aug/27 | 
| CCL | 
Carnival | 
3,402.00 | 
 | 
-32.00 | 
-0.93% | 
-26.71% | 
46.6B | 
Aug/27 | 
| REL | 
Relx | 
1,931.00 | 
 | 
5.00 | 
0.26% | 
10.88% | 
40.8B | 
Aug/27 | 
| RBS | 
Royal Bank | 
185.20 | 
 | 
2.25 | 
1.23% | 
-24.84% | 
40.5B | 
Aug/27 | 
| CPG | 
Compass Group | 
2,064.00 | 
 | 
14.00 | 
0.68% | 
21.99% | 
34.8B | 
Aug/27 | 
| BARC | 
Barclays | 
137.76 | 
 | 
-0.28 | 
-0.20% | 
-25.01% | 
34.6B | 
Aug/27 | 
| NG | 
National Grid | 
854.30 | 
 | 
1.30 | 
0.15% | 
4.62% | 
34.2B | 
Aug/27 | 
| IMB | 
Imperial Brands PLC | 
2,004.00 | 
 | 
-51.00 | 
-2.48% | 
-28.16% | 
32.3B | 
Aug/27 | 
| AAL | 
Anglo American | 
1,687.80 | 
 | 
21.20 | 
1.27% | 
3.78% | 
32.3B | 
Aug/27 | 
| TSCO | 
Tesco | 
212.85 | 
 | 
0.25 | 
0.12% | 
-17.56% | 
31B | 
Aug/27 | 
| BT/A | 
BT Group PLC | 
158.66 | 
 | 
-0.28 | 
-0.18% | 
-29.41% | 
29.3B | 
Aug/27 | 
| STAN | 
Standard Chartered | 
609.00 | 
 | 
-5.40 | 
-0.88% | 
-6.67% | 
27.7B | 
Aug/27 | 
| CRH | 
CRH | 
2,639.00 | 
 | 
-5.00 | 
-0.19% | 
0.35% | 
27.5B | 
Aug/27 | 
| BA/ | 
BAE Systems PLC | 
535.80 | 
 | 
-5.40 | 
-1.00% | 
-13.39% | 
26.2B | 
Aug/27 | 
| AV/ | 
Aviva PLC | 
358.50 | 
 | 
-2.90 | 
-0.80% | 
-27.63% | 
25.4B | 
Aug/27 | 
| RR | 
Rolls-Royce | 
751.80 | 
 | 
1.80 | 
0.24% | 
-25.64% | 
24.5B | 
Aug/27 | 
| ABF | 
Associated British Foods | 
2,263.00 | 
 | 
-15.00 | 
-0.66% | 
-1.01% | 
23.8B | 
Aug/27 | 
| EXPN | 
Experian | 
2,543.00 | 
 | 
28.00 | 
1.11% | 
32.10% | 
23.6B | 
Aug/27 | 
| LSE | 
London Stock Exchange | 
6,818.00 | 
 | 
-14.00 | 
-0.20% | 
48.31% | 
21B | 
Aug/27 | 
| LGEN | 
Legal & General | 
221.20 | 
 | 
-0.50 | 
-0.23% | 
-14.69% | 
20.8B | 
Aug/27 | 
| FERG | 
Ferguson Plc | 
5,800.00 | 
 | 
-184.00 | 
-3.07% | 
-6.69% | 
20B | 
Aug/27 | 
| WPP | 
WPP | 
947.00 | 
 | 
-5.20 | 
-0.55% | 
-27.21% | 
19B | 
Aug/27 | 
| IAG | 
IAG | 
428.30 | 
 | 
8.50 | 
2.02% | 
-39.79% | 
18B | 
Aug/27 | 
| SN/ | 
Smith & Nephew PLC | 
1,908.50 | 
 | 
-24.50 | 
-1.27% | 
37.80% | 
16B | 
Aug/27 | 
| SSE | 
SSE | 
1,132.50 | 
 | 
8.50 | 
0.76% | 
-10.23% | 
15.3B | 
Aug/27 | 
| AHT | 
Ashtead Group | 
2,142.00 | 
 | 
-5.00 | 
-0.23% | 
-11.30% | 
15.2B | 
Aug/27 | 
| HL/ | 
Hargreaves Lansdown PLC | 
1,906.00 | 
 | 
17.00 | 
0.90% | 
-13.09% | 
14.1B | 
Aug/27 | 
| MNDI | 
Mondi | 
1,579.00 | 
 | 
2.50 | 
0.16% | 
-28.23% | 
13.4B | 
Aug/27 | 
| CCH | 
Coca-Cola | 
2,672.00 | 
 | 
4.00 | 
0.15% | 
1.10% | 
12.5B | 
Aug/27 | 
| INF | 
Informa | 
857.80 | 
 | 
0.60 | 
0.07% | 
9.83% | 
12.3B | 
Aug/27 | 
| SLA | 
Standard Life Aberdeen PLC | 
245.30 | 
 | 
4.60 | 
1.91% | 
-25.58% | 
12.2B | 
Aug/27 | 
| III | 
3i Group | 
1,088.50 | 
 | 
2.00 | 
0.18% | 
18.62% | 
12.1B | 
Aug/27 | 
| BRBY | 
Burberry Group | 
2,137.00 | 
 | 
2.00 | 
0.09% | 
-8.09% | 
11.5B | 
Aug/27 | 
| WTB | 
Whitbread | 
4,335.00 | 
 | 
59.00 | 
1.38% | 
7.92% | 
11.4B | 
Aug/27 | 
| ANTO | 
Antofagasta | 
813.00 | 
 | 
1.00 | 
0.12% | 
-4.06% | 
11.3B | 
Aug/27 | 
| SDR | 
Schroders | 
2,647.00 | 
 | 
9.00 | 
0.34% | 
-15.46% | 
11.1B | 
Aug/27 | 
| CNA | 
Centrica | 
66.88 | 
 | 
1.34 | 
2.04% | 
-52.88% | 
11.1B | 
Aug/27 | 
| TUI | 
TUI | 
832.20 | 
 | 
28.40 | 
3.53% | 
-42.71% | 
10.7B | 
Aug/27 | 
| EVR | 
Evraz | 
485.40 | 
 | 
3.90 | 
0.81% | 
-6.29% | 
10.6B | 
Aug/27 | 
| BNZL | 
Bunzl | 
2,039.00 | 
 | 
6.00 | 
0.30% | 
-12.30% | 
10.6B | 
Aug/27 | 
| ITRK | 
Intertek Group | 
5,346.00 | 
 | 
-18.00 | 
-0.34% | 
0.91% | 
10.4B | 
Aug/27 | 
| SMT | 
Scottish Mortgage | 
511.50 | 
 | 
0.50 | 
0.10% | 
-9.15% | 
10.2B | 
Aug/27 | 
| NXT | 
NEXT | 
5,816.00 | 
 | 
50.00 | 
0.87% | 
4.94% | 
10.1B | 
Aug/27 | 
| PSN | 
Persimmon | 
1,934.00 | 
 | 
24.50 | 
1.28% | 
-22.27% | 
9.91B | 
Aug/27 | 
| NMC | 
Nmc Healthcare Llc | 
2,282.00 | 
 | 
125.00 | 
5.80% | 
-42.20% | 
9.41B | 
Aug/27 | 
| SKG | 
Smurfit Kappa Group | 
2,426.00 | 
 | 
14.00 | 
0.58% | 
-26.31% | 
9.39B | 
Aug/27 | 
| SBRY | 
J Sainsbury | 
193.00 | 
 | 
-3.80 | 
-1.93% | 
-42.28% | 
9.25B | 
Aug/27 | 
| JMAT | 
Johnson Matthey | 
2,832.00 | 
 | 
26.00 | 
0.93% | 
-21.96% | 
9.17B | 
Aug/27 | 
| IHG | 
Intercontinental | 
5,106.00 | 
 | 
-3.00 | 
-0.06% | 
5.98% | 
9.09B | 
Aug/27 | 
| PSON | 
Pearson | 
806.80 | 
 | 
-11.20 | 
-1.37% | 
-13.82% | 
9.05B | 
Aug/27 | 
| CRDA | 
Croda International | 
4,558.00 | 
 | 
-22.00 | 
-0.48% | 
-12.95% | 
8.85B | 
Aug/27 | 
| LAND | 
Land Securities | 
774.20 | 
 | 
14.40 | 
1.90% | 
-16.44% | 
8.69B | 
Aug/27 | 
| SMDS | 
Ds Smith | 
333.40 | 
 | 
9.20 | 
2.84% | 
-34.34% | 
8.61B | 
Aug/27 | 
| DCC | 
DCC | 
6,856.00 | 
 | 
74.00 | 
1.09% | 
-3.78% | 
8.6B | 
Aug/27 | 
| SGRO | 
Segro | 
775.20 | 
 | 
2.40 | 
0.31% | 
17.78% | 
8.52B | 
Aug/27 | 
| RSA | 
RSA | 
528.40 | 
 | 
-2.60 | 
-0.49% | 
-17.20% | 
8.51B | 
Aug/27 | 
| FRES | 
Fresnillo | 
700.80 | 
 | 
16.40 | 
2.40% | 
-26.83% | 
8.36B | 
Aug/27 | 
| SGE | 
The Sage Group | 
695.80 | 
 | 
8.20 | 
1.19% | 
6.85% | 
8.36B | 
Aug/27 | 
| ITV | 
ITV | 
113.60 | 
 | 
-1.30 | 
-1.13% | 
-31.05% | 
8.26B | 
Aug/27 | 
| MRW | 
Morrison Supermarkets | 
181.55 | 
 | 
-0.25 | 
-0.14% | 
-32.41% | 
8.09B | 
Aug/27 | 
| BLND | 
British Land Company | 
511.80 | 
 | 
15.00 | 
3.02% | 
-19.68% | 
8B | 
Aug/27 | 
| ADM | 
Admiral Group | 
2,165.00 | 
 | 
8.00 | 
0.37% | 
3.69% | 
7.93B | 
Aug/27 | 
| STJ | 
St. Jamess | 
937.60 | 
 | 
4.60 | 
0.49% | 
-19.48% | 
7.91B | 
Aug/27 | 
| SMIN | 
Smiths | 
1,555.00 | 
 | 
-28.50 | 
-1.80% | 
-4.45% | 
7.76B | 
Aug/27 | 
| RTO | 
Rentokil Initial | 
448.70 | 
 | 
4.80 | 
1.08% | 
31.24% | 
7.62B | 
Aug/27 | 
| BDEV | 
Barratt Developments | 
648.60 | 
 | 
12.60 | 
1.98% | 
18.97% | 
7.47B | 
Aug/27 | 
| TW/ | 
Taylor Wimpey PLC | 
146.95 | 
 | 
-0.15 | 
-0.10% | 
-13.89% | 
7.44B | 
Aug/27 | 
| MCRO | 
Micro Focus Intl | 
1,590.00 | 
 | 
20.80 | 
1.33% | 
24.03% | 
7.41B | 
Aug/27 | 
| KGF | 
Kingfisher | 
192.23 | 
 | 
1.63 | 
0.85% | 
-31.32% | 
7.12B | 
Aug/27 | 
| EZJ | 
Easyjet | 
960.00 | 
 | 
24.20 | 
2.59% | 
-38.81% | 
7.12B | 
Aug/27 | 
| HLMA | 
Halma | 
1,964.00 | 
 | 
4.50 | 
0.23% | 
35.73% | 
7.09B | 
Aug/27 | 
| BKG | 
Berkeley Group | 
3,997.00 | 
 | 
28.00 | 
0.71% | 
9.03% | 
6.27B | 
Aug/27 | 
| JE/ | 
Just Eat PLC | 
750.80 | 
 | 
-21.40 | 
-2.77% | 
-5.56% | 
6.2B | 
Aug/27 | 
| UU/ | 
United Utilities Group PLC | 
787.40 | 
 | 
0.20 | 
0.03% | 
9.60% | 
6.13B | 
Aug/27 | 
| MKS | 
Marks & Spencer | 
188.30 | 
 | 
1.60 | 
0.86% | 
-38.38% | 
6.09B | 
Aug/27 | 
| DLG | 
Direct Line | 
289.50 | 
 | 
1.80 | 
0.63% | 
-14.12% | 
5.96B | 
Aug/27 | 
| SVT | 
Severn Trent | 
2,037.00 | 
 | 
7.00 | 
0.34% | 
3.32% | 
5.67B | 
Aug/27 | 
| GFS | 
G4S | 
173.00 | 
 | 
4.60 | 
2.73% | 
-31.40% | 
4.93B | 
Aug/27 | 
| HMSO | 
Hammerson | 
229.40 | 
 | 
1.90 | 
0.84% | 
-53.22% | 
4.74B | 
Aug/27 | 
 
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Indexes | 
Price | 
 | 
 | 
Day | 
Year | 
Date | 
| ASX | 
FTSE All | 
3902 | 
 | 
3.74 | 
0.10% | 
-6.96% | 
Aug/27 | 
| UKX | 
FTSE 100 | 
7106 | 
 | 
11.75 | 
0.17% | 
-6.71% | 
Aug/27 |