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Iran says international sanctions to be lifted on Saturday

Bank of England's Carney may tread carefully with New Year speech

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Tomorrow is a bank holiday in the US.

Morning!

In the US on Friday, the Dow finished down 391 at 15,988 the Nasdaq down 127 points to 4,488 and the S&P 500 lost 42 points to 1,880.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently down 191.54 points at 16,955.74 and the Hang Seng down 184.54 points at 19,336.23.

WTI crude oil traded at $29.42 a barrel and Brent at $31.01.

Gold settled at $1,091.50 an ounce.

Trade well and prosper!

Good morning!

Good moaning!!

Where are all the muppets today then? -):

Opening Market Summary

European stocks look to fight out of the global gloom

Midday Market Summary

Hmmmm - Chart of the week: FTSE 100 to rebound 'soon'

Closing Market Summary

Feeling grumpy today. I'm not sure what is going to keep driving the market down from here. All the news seems to be out there.

You know the turning point is coming when some of the predictions start to look plain stupid. Oil at $20 - well maybe. Oil at $10 - I don't see that as it's unsustainable even on a short term basis. I've even seen a report now saying oil will go sub $0 and therefore I assume the thought process is that it will be cheaper to give it away than shut down production.

I'm ready for the market to turn now. I shall keeping waiting