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Morning!


In the US last night, the Dow lost 120 points to 17,420 the Nasdaq lost 84 points to 5,056 and the S&P 500 lost 16 points at 2,084.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently up 74.92 points at 20,739.36 and the Hang Seng up 261.33 points at 24,636.61.

WTI crude oil traded at $44.66 a barrel and Brent at $49.52.

Gold settled at $1090.20 an ounce.

Trade well and prosper!

The Papers

Opening Market Summary

GBP Trade Balance -9.2B -9.1B -8.0B

US Futures

Midday Report

CAD Building Permits m/m 14.8% 5.1% -13.9%

CAD Employment Change 6.6K 5.3K -6.4K

CAD Unemployment Rate 6.8% 6.8% 6.8%

USD Average Hourly Earnings m/m 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%

USD Non-Farm Employment Change 215K 222K 231K

USD Unemployment Rate 5.3% 5.3% 5.3%

U.S. gains 215,000 jobs in July; unemployment 5.3%

Dow eyes 7th straight drop after jobs report

Closing Market Summary