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Ex-divs to take 10.73 points off FTSE 100 on Feb. 19

Morning!


In the US last night, the Dow rose 29 points to 18,048 the Nasdaq rose 5 points to 4,899 and the S&P 500 rose 3 points at 2,100.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently up 212.08 points at 18,199.17 and the Hang Seng up 47.20 points at 24,832.08.

WTI crude oil traded at $53.53 a barrel and Brent at $62.53.

Gold settled at $1,208.10 an ounce.

Trade well and prosper!

Just a reminder, the high for the FTSE last year was 6,904.86 on 4th September,
the previous 2 higher highs were 6,930.20 on 4th Jan 2000 and 6,950.60 on 30th December 1999.

A 15 year high looks possible at open - FTSE currently on offer @6913.8.

Answers on a postcard.

Opening Market Summary

GBP Average Earnings Index 3m/y 2.1% 1.7% 1.8%

GBP Claimant Count Change -38.6K -25.2K -35.8K

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

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

GBP Unemployment Rate 5.7% 5.8% 5.8%

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US Futures

Midday Report

Greece to submit loan request to euro zone, Germany resists

Britain's FTSE stalls after touching 15-year peak

http://www.theguardian.com/weekly/hangman?CMP=new_1213&CMP=

I haven't tried it yet and just off out, but let me know if it's worth the time?

CAD Wholesale Sales m/m 2.5% 0.4% -0.3%

USD Building Permits 1.05M 1.08M 1.06M

USD PPI m/m -0.8% -0.4% -0.3%

USD Core PPI m/m -0.1% 0.1% 0.3%

USD Housing Starts 1.07M 1.07M 1.09M

Closing Market Summary

time the worth not... rearrange.