It felt like the worst could be over for UK listed mining stocks. But the positive mood didn’t last long towards the end of the week, with Rio dropping 2.5% to £32.86 and BHP Billiton falling 1.5% to £19.53 on Friday as the troubles surrounding the price of iron ore continued to plague the large mining groups.

Another big IPO is due to hit the London Stock Exchange shortly with Saga, the over 50 years of age focused financial services company.

The FTSE 350 oil and gas producers index has had a good last few weeks after a series of mergers and acquistions deals involving the likes of Heritage Oil and the Qatari’s as well as Glencore and Chad focused Caracal Energy.

It’s amazing what a difference a year makes when it comes to Apple shares. Last summer the shares dropped as low as $388. This week they had bounced back all the way to $600, their highest since October 2012 but still off their highs in September 2012 when they hit $700. The current market cap is $512 billion.

A big week for UK supermarket shares this week with Sainsbury reporting on Wednesday, Morrison’s on Thursday.