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FTSE / DOW

Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow rose 65 points to 16,514, the Nasdaq gained 39 points
at 4,161 and the S&P500 added 8 points at 1,880.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently up 92 points at 14,481 and the Hang Seng off
165 points at 22,566.

WTI crude oil traded at $102.13 a barrel and Brent crude at $109.27.

Gold settled at $1,280 an ounce.

Good hunting!

G.

German Flash Manufacturing PMI 54.2 53.9 53.7

German Flash Services PMI 55.0 53.5 53.0

Opening Market Overview

EUR Flash Manufacturing PMI 53.3 53.0 53.0

EUR Flash Services PMI 53.1 52.7 52.2

GBP MPC Asset Purchase Facility Votes 0-0-9 0-0-9 0-0-9

GBP MPC Official Bank Rate Votes 0-0-9 0-0-9 0-0-9

GBP Public Sector Net Borrowing 4.9B 8.9B 7.5B

GBP CBI Industrial Order Expectations -1 7 6

Midday Report

CAD Core Retail Sales m/m 0.6% 0.6% 0.5%

CAD Retail Sales m/m 0.5% 0.5% 0.9%

USD Flash Manufacturing PMI 55.4 56.2 55.5

USD New Home Sales 384K 455K 440K