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Morning!


In the US last night, the Dow fell 11 points to 18,214 the Nasdaq rose 21 points to 4,988 and the S&P 500 lost 3 points at 2,111.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently up 12.15 points at 18,797.94 and the Hang Seng up 63.86 points at 24,965.92.

WTI crude oil traded at $48.17 a barrel and Brent at $60.05.

Gold settled at $1,209.60 an ounce.

Trade well and prosper!

Quiz of the week's news

3/7.

0/7 I'm proud to say.

What a dopey set of questions.

No specialist subject eh Stan! :-)

No subject at all I say, to much celebrity cobblers for me.

Stan, perhaps these are more up your street - Emoji news quiz - Friday 20 February

Opening Market Summary

US Futures

Midday Report

UK consumer confidence holds at high level in February

USD Prelim GDP q/q 2.2% 2.1% 2.6%

USD Prelim GDP Price Index q/q 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%

Germany backs Greek extension but bailout fatigue grows

USD Chicago PMI 45.8 58.4 59.4

USD Pending Home Sales m/m 1.7% 2.5% -3.7%

USD Revised UoM Consumer Sentiment 95.4 94.2 98.1

USD Revised UoM Inflation Expectations 2.8% 2.5%

New high on the FTSE 6,962.51.

US economy slows in fourth quarter

The FTSE hit a later new high @6,967.24.

Closing Market Summary