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In the US last night, the Dow jumped 206 points to 15,374, the Nasdaq rose 45 points
to 3,839 and the S&P500 added 24 points at 1,722.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently up 144 points at 14,611 and the Hang Seng
ahead 53 points at 23,282.

WTI crude oil traded at $102.29 a barrel and Brent crude at $110.86.

Gold settled at $1,282 an ounce.

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European Factors to Watch-Shares seen lower on profit taking

Thu Oct 17, 2013 6:33am BST
LONDON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - European shares were expected to edge lower on
Thursday, with a last-minute deal to end the U.S. government shutdown and avert
a debt default prompting some investors to take profits from the previous day's
gains.

"It sounds counter-intuitive to have such a deflated reaction, but those who
took a speculative punt on a deal being done will be looking to cash in their
chips this morning," Jonathan Sudaria, dealer at Capital Spreads, said in a
note.

The U.S. deal offers only a temporary fix as it funds the government until
Jan. 15 and raises the debt ceiling until Feb. 7, with the markets facing the
possibility of another bitter budget fight and shutdown early next year.


Financial spreadbetters predicted Britain's FTSE 100 to open 9 to 10
points lower, or as much as 0.2 percent, Germany's DAX to fall 9
points, or 0.1 percent, and France's CAC 40 to drop 8 to 9 points, or as
much as 0.2 percent.

In the previous session, the euro zone's blue-chip Euro STOXX 50
index rose 0.4 percent to 3,015.40 points, a level not reached since May 2011,
on expectations of a U.S. budget deal. Germany's DAX index gained 0.5
percent after hitting a record high.

Nikkei rises for 7th day as deal to avoid U.S. default reached

Thu Oct 17, 2013 7:12am BST
TOKYO, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average hit a
three-week high and extended gains into a seventh day on
Thursday as sentiment was buoyed after the U.S. Congress
approved a last-minute deal to end a fiscal standoff and avoid a
damaging default on government debt.

The Nikkei gained 0.8 percent to 14,586.51 after
hitting 14,664.22 earlier, its highest since Sept. 27. The Topix
advanced 0.8 percent to 1,206.25.

FTSE / DOW

Opening Market Overview

EUR Current Account 17.4B 17.7B 16.9B

GBP Retail Sales m/m 0.6% 0.5% -0.8%

Midday Market Overview

Skin, could you do the same for GBP/Euro please.
Re you cartoon of the day, you should send your
pick of the day to the White House!

USD Philly Fed Manufacturing Index 19.8 15.4 22.3

Skinny, thanks.

End-of-day Market Overview