Kyoto
- 08 Dec 2009 01:34
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Morning all. Market reports:
Telegraph
The Times
The Times (Need to know)
FT
The Guardian
The Independent
This is Money
US consumer credit fell by a smaller-than-expected $3.5bn in October, according to data released by the Federal Reserve on Monday. Analysts had forecast a decline of $9.5bn.
US consumer credit falls again, but the decline is slowing
Fears over the solvency of Greece reached a new level on Monday night as Standard & Poors put the country's debt on notice for an imminent downgrade.
Greece put on standby for debt downgrade
The London Stock Exchange is looking to replicate the retail bond markets that thrive elsewhere. In February, the London Stock Exchange (LSE) will launch its electronic exchange for UK government and corporate bonds, giving retail investors access to an on-screen secondary market in London-listed debt in chunks as small as 1,000.
Get ready for a fixed-income revolution
Greystone
- 08 Dec 2009 05:49
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Good morning traders!
In the US last night, the Dow closed up a point at 10,390, the Nasdaq ended down
5 points at 2,190 and the S&P500 lost 3 points at 1,103.
In Asia today, the Nikkei was down 56.05 points at 10,111.55, while the Hang Seng
ended the morning off 139.11 points at 22,185.85.
Crude oil traded at $74.02 a barrel on Nymex.
Gold settled at $1,155 an ounce.
Happy trading!
G.