S&P 500 — US Large Cap Index
FTSE 100 — UK Blue Chips
Euro Stoxx 50 — Eurozone Leaders
DAX 40 — German Equities
CAC 40 — French Market Index
Nikkei 225 — Japan Benchmark
Hang Seng — Hong Kong Index
Shanghai Composite — China Mainland
ASX 200 — Australian Market
TSX Composite — Canada Index
Nifty 50 — India Large Cap
STI Index — Singapore Market
KOSPI — South Korea Index
Bovespa — Brazil Equities
JSE Top 40 — South Africa Index
IPC Index — Mexico Market
The FTSE 100 traded at a one-week low on Wednesday as Brent crude surged through $100 a barrel for the first time since July, with renewed fighting in the Middle East keeping upward pressure on oil prices. The US destroyed five Iranian crude-carrying tankers after an attempt to strike a US Navy warship with ballistic missiles, while Tehran subsequently fired missiles towards Jordan and warned vessels in the Persian Gulf. Energy stocks were among the few gainers, with Shell up 1.1% and BP rising 1.8%. Utilities also advanced, with SSE, Centrica, United Utilities, Severn Trent and National Grid gaining between 1.1% and 1.6%. Aberdeen Group rose more than 2% after appointing Torbjörn Magnusson as its new chairman, subject to regulatory approval. Magnusson is the former chairman of Nordea and car insurer Hastings. Elsewhere, financials, consumer staples, industrials and consumer discretionary stocks were mostly lower.
