Hello traders!

US stock prices closed sharply lower tonight, their first significant decline of the year so far.

The Dow industrials closed down 81 points at 10,962.36. The S&P500 was 8.12 points lower at 1,286.06 and the Nasdaq Composite down 14.67 points at 2,316.69.

See you in the morning with the latest......

G.

Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Nikkei closed just 9.76 points up at 16,454.95, while the Hang Seng ended the morning down a mere 5.29 points at 15,714.08.

The oil price weakened with New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in February, down 21 cents at $63.73 a barrel from its close of $63.94 in the US.

Early broker notes:

BAE UPGRADED TO 'OVERWEIGHT' VS 'NEUTRAL' AT JP MORGAN
ITV CUT TO 'NEUTRAL' VS 'OVERWEIGHT' AT JP MORGAN
SHIRE PHARMA CUT TO 'NEUTRAL' VS 'BUY' AT MERRILL LYNCH

Have a lucky Friday 13th!

G.

Press

Good morning all.

long MNKS 276.5 s/l on

Good morning all

you'd think it was a ex div day!

nah,just friday the 13th :-)

Thanks one and all for the updates :>)
Be Lucky!

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looking for a long on GRI,looks good for a long term hold !!!

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