Hello traders!

In the US tonight, the Dow rose as much as 106 points to a new record high of 11,833.48. It was last up 102 points at 11,829.

The Nasdaq Composite was up 39 points at 2,282, while the S&P 500 gained 13 points to 1,347.

See you in the morning with the latest....

G.

Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Hang Seng ended the morning up 225.25 points at 17,854.46, while the Nikkei was recently up 355.40 points at 16,437.95.

New York's main oil contract, light sweet crude for November delivery, was up 77 cents at $60.18 a barrel from $59.41 in late US trade overnight. The contract at one point plunged to $57.75 in US trading hours, a level not seen since February 16th.

Early broker notes:

BA DOWNGRADED TO 'HOLD' VS 'BUY' AT CITIGROUP
NORTHGATE INFORMATION CUT TO 'EQUAL-WEIGHT' VS 'OVERWEIGHT' AT MORGAN STANLEY

Happy trading!

G.

Morning all. Some are predicting FTSE 7000 within 12 months!!! That's about 17%!!

Some are predicting another correction at the end of the month or into Novemeber.

Morning All,

7000? On what basis D2?

FTSE is trying not to hit previous high 6031

UK interest rates held

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