Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Hang Seng was recently trading up 112.26 points at 18,990.68, while the Nikkei was down 14.5 points at 16,275.05.

New York's main oil contract, light sweet crude for December delivery, was 17 cents higher at $58.45 a barrel from its close of $58.28 in New York overnight.

Early broker notes:
VODAFONE UPGRADED TO 'BUY' VS 'HOLD' AT DEUTSCHE BANK
KINGFISHER CUT TO 'NEUTRAL' VS 'BUY' AT MERRILL LYNCH
LADBROKES, WILLIAM HILL STARTED 'BUY' AT DRESDNER KLEINWORT

Happy trading!

G.

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