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FTSE / DOW YTD

Morning!

In the US last night, the Dow finished up 45.30 at 22,203.48 the Nasdaq down 31.10 at 6,428.08 and the S&P 500 down 2.75 at 2,495.62.

In Asia, the Nikkei was recently up 112.63 points at 19,916.35 - the Hang Seng up 84.35 at 27,861.42 - crude oil traded at $49.89 a barrel and Brent at $55.47.

Gold settled at $1,324.70 an ounce.

Trade well and prosper.

The Papers

Morning all!

Good morning!

Morning. Cable still moving up and thus FTSE down.

Will be interesting to see if they whack UK banks down again today at the start and then spend the rest of the day buying

My feelings are that the footsie will not continue down, but let's see.

Where's Arnie - North Korea fires second ballistic missile over Japan

well I trust they are now collecting their stocks on LLOY and RBS before they push it higher later on

What's up with cable now?

I don't know what he said, but @9:50 the market went plop!

9:50am GBP MPC Member Vlieghe Speaks

Thanks Skinny.

Perhaps 100 down is enough for FTSE now?

The Bank of England policy maker seen as least likely to back a rise in interest rates has changed his view and now thinks a hike may be needed soon.

In a speech to economists, Gertjan Vlieghe said the U.K. economy was running through its spare capacity quicker than he had expected, while household spending was stronger.

"If these data trends of reducing slack, rising pay pressure, strengthening household spending and robust global growth continue, the appropriate time for a rise in [the] bank rate might be as early as in the coming months," he said Friday.

Mr. Vlieghe's comments followed a Bank of England statement Thursday with the same message.

Based on his previous comments, Mr. Vlieghe had been regarded as the member of the nine-strong Monetary Policy Committee most inclined to oppose a rise in the key rate from a record low of 0.25%.

So it was his comments - swine!

USD Empire State Manufacturing Index 24.4 18.2 25.2

Somehow I managed to turn a profit today day-trading. Greatly relieved.

Long term portfolio looks somewhat different. NMD jerking me around although everything else going fine