Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow rose 8 points at 12,403, the Nasdaq was up 22 points at
2,783 and the S&P500 gained 5 points at 1,326.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently up 13 points at 9,575, while the Hang Seng ended
the morning ahead 227 points at 23,128.

WTI crude oil traded at $100.69 a barrel and gold settled at $1,524 an ounce.

Happy Friday!

G.

NIKKEI 225	AUSTRALIA ASX200	HANG SENG	SHANGHAI COMPOSITE
KOSPI	SENSEX	VIX	GBPUSD
GBPEUR	NYMEX CRUDE	GOLD

BARC SocGen: buy, tp 400
BATS Citigroup: reiterated hold, tp raised to 2800 from 2450
BATS JPMorgan: reiterated overweight
BDEV Deutsche: reiterated buy, tp 152
BGC JPMorgan: reiterated overweight, tp raised to 340 from 315
BKG Deutsche: reiterated hold, tp reiterated 1052
BLND Deutsche: reiterated buy, tp reiterated 840
BLT Citigroup [HB]: reiterated buy, tp reiterated 3000
BVS Deutsche: reiterated buy, tp 495
BWY Deutsche: reiterated hold, tp 806
CNE Citigroup: buy, tp raised to 550 from 480
DGE UBS: reiterated buy, tp raised to 1425 from 1350
DGMT Deutsche: hold, tp reiterated 600
DLAR Goldman: neutral, tp raised to 840 from 750
EMG JPMorgan: reiterated neutral
GPOR Deutsche: reiterated buy, tp reiterated 500
HBR Goldman: reiterated sell, tp 280.5
HIK UBS: buy, tp raised to 805 from 770
HMV Citigroup [HB]: reiterated hold, tp cut to 9 from 18
HSBA Citigroup: reiterated buy, tp reiterated 850
HSBA SocGen: buy, tp 825
IHG Goldman: reiterated buy, tp reiterated 1550
ISAT Merrill: underperform, tp cut to 700 from 725
KCOM JPMorgan: reiterated overweight, tp 71
LAND Deutsche: reiterated buy, tp reiterated 1020
LLOY SocGen: buy, tp 70
PAY UBS: reiterated overweight
PSN Deutsche: reiterated buy, tp 576
QQ. JPMorgan: reiterated neutral
QQ. Merrill: buy, tp cut to 140 from 165
QQ. UBS: reiterated neutral, tp reiterated 130
RBS SocGen: initiated buy, tp 65
RDW Deutsche: reiterated hold, tp 126
RIO Citigroup: reiterated buy, tp reiterated 5200
SIG Citigroup: reiterated buy, tp raised to 3500 from 3300
STAN SocGen: hold, tp 1635
TW. Deutsche: reiterated buy, tp 50
UBM JPMorgan: reiterated overweight, tp cut to 720 from 740
WTB Goldman: reiterated buy, tp cut to 2100 from 2200

End-of-day Market Overview