Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Nikkei was up 92.36 points at 10,504.45, while the Hang
Seng ended the morning session up 449.85 points at 20,825.22.

Crude oil traded at 71.20 a barrel on Nymex.

Happy Monday!

G.

Morning all. Friday's market reports:

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

Saturday

The American economy appears to be finally turning the corner, with the long-depressed labour market showing signs of "loosening its recessionary grip."
US 'back from the brink' but jobs still at risk

The Baltic Dry Index, which tracks shipping costs and is viewed as leading indicator for commodity prices, has had its worst week since the peak of the financial crisis last October, as Chinese demand slowed.
Baltic Dry Index has worst week since October meltdown as Chinese demand slows

Cheaper oil and food have sent manufacturers' costs falling at the fastest rate in nearly 23 years, in a sign that UK consumer inflation is set to decline.
UK inflation set to fall 'significantly' as producer prices decline

Gold prices were given a boost today as central banks in Europe agreed to renew their pact to cap sales of the precious metal for another five years.
Boost to gold price as European central banks renew sales pact

The Financial Times is hoping to introduce a "click-per-view" payment system for articles published on the newspaper group's website.
Financial Times mulls micropayments

Sunday

Oil prices hit almost $74 last week a high for this year. Crude has risen no less than 120pc in six months, posing a major headache for the world's oil importing nations and spawning all kinds of theories about what's causing this latest price surge.
Hike in oil prices raises too many questions for comfort

The cost of mopping up after the world financial crisis has come to $11.9 trillion (7.12 trillion) ? enough to finance a 1,779 handout for every man, woman and child on the planet.
IMF puts total cost of crisis at 7.1 trillion

What analysts are scratching their heads about are stocks that are booming despite little discernable good news. As investors find little reason to save cash in a low interest rate economy, so they appear to be taking punts on stocks showing little upside.
What price a stock bounce? The boom that has analysts scratching their heads

Monday

Britain has not yet shaken off the risk of slumping into a Japan-style "lost decade", the Bank of England will this week indicate as it downgrades its growth forecasts, and casts deflation as a significant threat.
UK risks a Japan-style lost decade, BoE will warn

The level of corporate redundancies may be about to peak as a result of stabilisation in the demand for staff in the private sector, according to a new report published today.
The freefall in the UK jobs market may be slowing

In a week when ministers are bracing themselves for another steep rise in unemployment and possible downgrades in the Bank of England's growth forecasts, senior analysts at two organisations warn today that a huge "second wave" of public-sector redundancies threatens to extinguish any near-term economic recovery.
New fears over the rising tide of jobless

The average UK house price will grow by 2pc between the fourth quarter of 2009 and the end of 2010, according to the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR). There is a good chance that they will rise even more quickly, thanks to the unprecedented collapse in new homebuilding, it added.
The house price crash of 2007-2009 is over, CEBR declares

The credit famine facing British businesses is starting to ease for the first time since the onset of the crisis, an authoritative survey has found. Companies are finding it easier to borrow money, according to the CBI 's Access to Finance survey the first time such an increase has been recorded since the report began at the start of the year.
Credit squeeze is starting to ease for UK companies, CBI survery finds

Sir Win Bischoff, the chairman designate of Lloyds Banking Group, is believed to be pushing for the bank to raise up to 15 billion from the stock market to keep down the cost of insuring toxic debt with the Government.
Bischoff to lead Lloyds to 15bn fundraising

China has accused Rio Tinto of spying on its steel industry for six years, costing the country Rmb700bn ($102bn) in excessive charges for iron ore and highlighting the need for Beijing to overhaul the way it deals with state secrets.
China: Rio spying cost $100bn

China will keep up its relaxed fiscal and monetary policies in the face of weak domestic activity and a continuing slump in world demand for its exports, Chinese premier Wen Jiabao said on Sunday.
China vows to stay on growth path

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SENSEX

BT.A JPMorgan: upgraded to overweight from neutral, tp raised to 175 from 110
COB Citigroup: upgraded to buy from hold
HMV HSBC: upgraded to overweight from neutral, tp raised to 160 from 129
LOG Citigroup: upgraded to hold from sell
STAN Citigroup: upgraded to hold from sell, tp raised to 1450 from 650

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