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FTSE / DOW

Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow fell 36 points to 16,360, the Nasdaq rose 6 points to
4,358 and the S&P500 was flat at 1,874.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently up 270 points at 15,167 and the Hang Seng
ahead 138 points at 22,718.

WTI crude oil traded at $101.45 a barrel and Brent crude at $107.76.

Gold settled at $1,340 an ounce.

Good hunting!

G.

Halifax HPI m/m 2.4% 0.6% 1.1%

Opening Market Overview

German Factory Orders m/m 1.2% 1.1% -0.5%

CAD Building Permits m/m 8.5% 1.9% -4.8%

USD Unemployment Claims 323K 336K 349K

USD Revised Nonfarm Productivity q/q 1.8% 2.6% 3.2%

USD Revised Unit Labor Costs q/q -0.1% -1.0% -1.6%

CAD Ivey PMI 57.2 56.7 56.8

USD Factory Orders m/m -0.7% -0.4% -1.5%