Hello traders!

The bears were out in force in the US tonight.

The Dow fell 71.24 points to 10,930.90, the first time it has closed out a session below 11,000 since March 9th.

The Nasdaq Composite fell 10.98 points to 2,151.80, its lowest level since early November 2005, and the S&P500 dropped 7.70 points to 1,256.15.

See you in the morning for the next round....

G.

Good Morning.

Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Hang Seng Index was down 278.89 points at 15,537.66 at the midpoint, its low of the session. The Nikkei was recently down 490.55 points at 14,605.46.

New York's main oil contract, light sweet crude for July delivery, was down 30 cents at $70.52 a barrel from its close of $70.82 in the US.

Happy trading!

G.

Indications for today look very bleak indeed with Dow futures now showing 10870, down a further 44 overnight and falling ...... London is showing at 5635, down nearly 90 since yesterday close and falling.

Morning all.

End-of-day Market Summary