Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Nikkei was down 118.13 points at 9,758.02, while the
Hang Seng approached the midpoint down 73.43 points at 18,104.62.

Crude oil traded at $66.50 a barrel on Nymex.

Happy Friday!

G.

Morning all. Market reports:

Telegraph
The Times
The Times (Need to know)
FT
The Guardian
This is Money

Stock markets on both sides of the Atlantic tumbled on Thursday as a bigger-than-expected fall in US jobs last month dashed hopes that the US was moving out of recession.
US jobs data dash recovery hopes

The worst of the housing market crash is now over, David Miles, the Bank of England's new resident expert on the mortgage and property market, claimed yesterday.
Bank of England's property expert David Miles says housing crash is now past its worst

A London-based oil broker was today under investigation after a rogue trader lost the firm $10m following a series of unauthorised trades believed to have caused a spike in global crude prices.
Probe launched after rogue trader costs City oil broker $10m

NIKKEI 225	AUSTRALIA ASX200	SHANGHAI	HANG SENG

KOSPI	VIX	GOLD	NYMEX CRUDE

AAL SocGen: buy, tp raised to 2400 from 1800
ANTO SocGen: upgraded to hold from sell
ARI Nomura: initiated neutral
BAY Nomura: initiated neutral
BLT SocGen: upgraded to buy from hold, tp raised to 1900 from 1650
BNZL Morgan Stanley: initiated equalweight, tp 680
EZJ Nomura: initiated buy
FGP Nomura: initiated neutral
GOG Nomura: initiated buy
MCB Goldman: upgraded to neutral from sell, tp raised to 152 from 137
NEX Nomura: initiated reduce
RYA Nomura: initiated buy
SGC Nomura: initiated buy
STAN Credit Suisse: reiterated neutral
XTA SocGen: buy, tp raised to 1000 from 800

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Have a great weekend all!