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Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow climbed 204 points to 10,006, the Nasdaq added 50
points at 2,105 and the S&P500 gained 20 points at 1,067.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was up 52.22 points at 9,769.66, while the Hang Seng
ended the morning ahead 361.92 points at 21,841.

Crude oil traded at $80.01 a barrel on Nymex.

Happy Friday!

G.

ANTO Citigroup: upgraded to buy, tp raised to 990 from 850
FQM Citigroup: hold, tp raised to 4675 from 4400
FXPO Citigroup: upgraded to buy, tp raised to 200 from 180
GPOR JPMorgan: upgraded to overweight from neutral, tp 275
SN. Nomura: neutral
TATE Shore: reiterated hold
UBM Altium: buy, tp 577
VED Citigroup: hold, tp raised to 2350 from 2300

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Considering that New York was up over 200 points ,the FTSE has not moved at all. Disappointing.

Opening Market Overview

Chessplayer - New York benefited from upbeat economic data - London doesn't have that luxury....;)

End-of-day Market Overview

Have a great weekend all!

G.