Unilever helps to send FTSE 100 lower in early trading (corrected))

Following on from the previous update looking at oil prices and touching on the FTSE 100 and the DAX. The DAX is just now paring its opening gains and the reader is reminded of the comments made earlier about a yawning price gap on the daily chart, back to 22,193. We shall have see now, if and when that might get filled from here on. The FTSE 100 is lower too, but for entirely different reasons. The latest quarterly results from the industrial and food giant, Unilever has dented the FTSE 100. The share price is sharply lower this morning. This is spinning off some its core segments and also apparently looking to list elsewhere as a company, outside of the FTSE 100. That, if seen would be a major blow to the index and seems to have impacted the price action in early trading. Of course the aforementioned higher Pound and lower Oil price is also adding to the downside so far. The FTSE 100 is right now trading at 8,765