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The International Monetary Fund said that strong demand and global economic expansion will support commodity prices in 2010.
IMF: 'Commodity prices to rise in 2010'

Britains year-and-a-half long recession is set to draw to a close, after figures released yesterday showed manufacturing was at its most buoyant for two years in December.
Economists see recession drawing to a close in UK

Greece is bracing itself for the most intrusive surveillance of any eurozone state since the launch of the single currency, amid reports that the country's budget deficit is spiralling further out of control.
Greece faces intrusive EU surveillance amid reports of a burgeoning deficit

Oil spiked above $80 per barrel yesterday as fears that a tariff spat between Russia and Belarus could affect European supplies coincided with a continued cold snap.
Oil rises on Russia's row with Belarus

Powerful American banks spending lavishly on lobbying are more likely to engage in high-risk lending and their shares have performed less well than others, a groundbreaking study by the International Monetary Fund has found.
IMF study links lobbying by US banks to high-risk lending

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Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow closed up 156 points at 10,584, the Nasdaq added
39 points at 2,308 and the S&P500 gained 18 points at 1,133.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was up 32.77 points at 10,687.56, while the Hang Seng
ended the morning ahead 415.57 points at 22,238.85.

Crude oil traded at $81.70 a barrel on Nymex.

Gold settled at $1,123 an ounce.

Happy trading!

G.

Opening Market Overview

one for the "UPS"

SDY 28.675 ( 28.50 / 28.75p )
reason : news today of agreements and adquisition, rising from recent bottom and range 26 / 28p on the chart on a stronger order book

Intraday

3 month Candlestick with volume and 50 days Moving Average

3 month Bollinger Bands,RSI, S Stochastic and 50 days MA

Charts - 2 days

Midday Market Overview

SDY 29.75p +1.75p

Moving higher late this afternoon as the order book got stronger a more buyers are appearing on the ticker

End-of-day Market Overview