Pick of the early market news

Difficult market sentiment pulled commodity stocks down yesterday with the FTSE 100 losing almost 124 points. It finished Wednesday at 5,366. There may be more pessimism ahead today given new eurozone inflation data (out shortly) plus new inflation numbers from the US. Overnight, the Nikkei 225 slipped -1.66% while the Dow finished -1.10% down at the close of yesterday's business.