Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow lost 70 points at 15,011, the Nasdaq fell 14 points
to 3,589 and the S&P500 shed 10 points at 1,646.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently down 170 points at 13,587 and the Hang Seng
off 332 points at 22,132.

WTI crude oil traded at $107.10 a barrel and Brent crude at $109.90.

Gold settled at $1,366 an ounce.

Good hunting!

G.

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Nikkei tumbles to 7-week low on Fed uncertainty, emerging mkt fears

Tue Aug 20, 2013 7:23am BST
TOKYO, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average tumbled on
Tuesday as concerns about the U.S. Federal Reserve's plans to
reduce its stimulus hammered companies heavily exposed to
emerging markets such as Suzuki Motor Corp and Hino
Motors Corp.

The benchmark Nikkei fell 2.6 percent to 13,396.38,
the biggest drop in two weeks, with traders citing an unwinding
of hedge funds' cash positions in emerging markets as well as
other risky assets such as Nikkei futures. The index touched
13,383.18, the lowest since June 28.

The broader Topix shed 2.1 percent to 1,125.27.

German PPI m/m -0.1% 0.2% 0.0%

Morning All.

FTSE 100 remains firmly lower at midday but well off lows

CAD Wholesale Sales m/m -2.8% -0.5% 2.3%

FTSE100 pares losses to end the session just slightly lower