Hello traders!

In the US tonight, the Dow was up 104 points at 8,404, while the Nasdaq gained
21 points at 1,752 and the S&P500 added 14 points at 907.

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

G.

Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Nikkei was down 0.35 points at 9,451.04, while the Hang Seng
ended the morning up 82.04 points at 17,967.31.

Crude oil traded at $64.95 a barrel on Nymex.

Happy Friday!

G.

Morning all. Market reports:

Telegraph
The Times
The Times (Need to know)
FT
The Guardian
The Independent
This is Money

The US Federal Reserve may soon be forced to launch fresh blitz of quantitative easing whatever the consequences for the US dollar, or risk seeing economic recovery snuffed out by the latest surge in long-term borrowing costs.
Bond markets defy Fed as Treasury yields spike

The Financial Services Authority was yesterday accused of going too easy on Britain's troubled lenders by testing their financial resilience against unchallenging assumptions.
Bank stress tests too easy, analysts say

Fears have grown among US credit investors that probable ratings downgrades of commercial property debt might thwart US government efforts to revive the markets that help fund commercial real estate.
US commercial property raises debt fears

Shares of Moody's Corp fell sharply on Thursday after hedge fund manager David Einhorn, who correctly questioned the health of Lehman Brothers four months before its collapse, disclosed he was shorting the venerable ratings agency.
Greenlight's Einhorn shorting Moody's

NIKKEI 225	AUSTRALIA ASX200	SHANGHAI	HANG SENG

KOSPI	VIX	GOLD	NYMEX CRUDE

BRE Citigroup: downgraded to hold from buy, tp cut to 210 from 230
CGL Citigroup: buy, tp cut to 400 from 420
DEB Goldman: upgraded to buy from neutral
DNX Citigroup: reiterated buy, tp raised to 1420 from 1400
HFD Goldman: downgraded to sell from neutral
HSX Citigroup: downgraded to sell from hold, tp cut to 300 from 330
KESA Goldman: upgraded to buy from neutral
MKS HSBC: upgraded to neutral from underweight
MNDI Credit Suisse: upgraded to neutral from underperform
NG. HSBC: reiterated outperform, tp cut to 700 from 740
SPD Goldman: upgraded to neutral from sell
WOS UBS: reiterated buy, tp cut to 1382 from 1775

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Have a good weekend all! See you in June.... ;)

G.