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Ex-divs to take 9.5 points off FTSE 100 on Thursday March 19

Morning!


In the US last night, the Dow fell 128 points to 17,849 the Nasdaq gained 7 points to 4,937 and the S&P 500 lost 7 points at 2,074.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently up 112.73 points at 19,549.73 and the Hang Seng up 299.33 points at 24,200.82.

WTI crude oil traded at $43.46 a barrel and Brent at $53.473.

Gold settled at $1148.30 an ounce.

Trade well and prosper!

Osborne readies final budget before knife-edge election

and the bigger picture :-

Fed set to ditch 'patient' rate vow as it eyes U.S., world growth

Free bassist Andy Fraser, 62, dies

I loved Free , my sister saw them at that famous Isle Of White concert ,i was too young .

Opening Market Summary

All Right Now was and is a classic.

Poll: 60% of Germans now back Grexit

Jefferies results
spell bad news for Wall Street - Jefferies seen as bellwether of banking performance

US Futures

Schoolboy, 15, wins competition to design new £1 coin

Midday Report

Budget Live link

Some level of sense seems to have set into the market today although why oil stocks are so strong is somewhat of a mystery to me.

Bought half a shed full of Lamprell today.

FED @6pm followed by a press conference @6:30.

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