Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Nikkei was down 24.85 points at 10,350.16, while the Hang
Seng ended the morning off 38.89 points at 20,757.54.

Crude oil traded at $71.53 a barrel on Nymex.

Happy trading!

G.

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This is Money

Construction is improving, more people are shopping, and companies point to signs of growing demand, but economists sound a note of caution.
Money supply figures dampen UK recovery optimism

Actuaries Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP) said the financial crisis had helped send the combined deficit of FTSE 100 companies' pension schemes soaring from 41bn a year ago. It was 12bn two years previously.
Pension black hole at FTSE 100 companies hits record 96bn

Chinas latest set of first-half numbers for GDP growth provided by provincial-level authorities are far higher than the central governments national figure, raising fresh questions about the accuracy of Chinese statistics.
Chinas growth figures fail to add up

Americas SEC is preparing to clamp down on lightning-fast flash trades made on electronic trading systems amid complaints that the practice puts some investors at a disadvantage.
SEC eyes flash-trading ban

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SENSEX

ARI JPMorgan: upgraded to overweight from neutral, tp cut to 545 from 559
ATK Brewin: reiterated hold
FGP JPMorgan: downgraded to neutral from overweight, tp cut to 396 from 523
FXPO Cazenove: reiterated in-line
HSBA Macquarie: upgraded to outperform from neutral, tp raised to 726 from 536
NEX JPMorgan: upgraded to overweight from neutral, tp raised to 443 from 325
STAN Merrill: reiterated buy
TW. Panmure: reiterated hold, tp reiterated 42

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