Hello traders!

In the US, heading into the final hour of trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 17 points at 10,494 while the Nasdaq Composite lifted 11 points to 2,071 and the S&P500 rose 4 points to 1,199.

The Alan Greenspan testimony seems to have left everybody confused as much as anything.... :-)

See you in the morning with updates.....

G.

Good morning traders!

Final numbers in the US last night saw the Dow close 26.16 ahead at 10,503.02 with the Nasdaq 16.73 to the good at 2,076.91 and the S&P500 6.26 stronger at 1,200.93

Crude oil futures soared 3.3% amid news that the first tropical storm of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season forced some large oil companies to remove personnel from oil platforms... Oil closed in NY at $54.28 a barrel, up $1.74.

In Asia this morning, Hong Kong closed the morning session 39.26 higher at 13,937.57. In Tokyo, the Nikkei was up 136.66 points at 11,297.54 at the break, buoyed by Intel's forecasts. Crude futures were up a further 18 cents at $54.46.

Back with some UK news in a mo............

Happy trading!

G.

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morning all

Investors Chronicle

TIPS - LARGE COMPANIES: ALLIANCE & LEICESTER (buy), PARAGON (buy), NXT (sell)

TIPS - SMALLER COMPANIES: OAKDENE HOMES (buy), BEGBIES TRAYNOR (buy), EUROPEAN NICKEL (buy)

TIPS - UPDATES: ALPHAMERIC (buy), PREMIER FOODS (buy), SPRING (sell), K3 BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY (buy)

hi guys out of touch of late.where or when will we see next weeks xd's?

JMAT came good In the end sold +22.

HJ, xd's usually come up on here Sunday night.

hijeff - I'll be posting next week's diary of events on the Monday thread (which usually appears on Sunday afternoon).