Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow was up 61 points at 9,787, while the Nasdaq
Composite gained 14 points at 2,124 and the S&P500 added 8 points at 1,065.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was up 129.12 points at 9,961.59, while the Hang Seng
ended the morning ahead 35.79 points at 21,528.69.

Crude oil traded at $71.11 a barrel on Nymex and gold ticked down to $1,048.70
an ounce.

Happy Friday!

G.

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