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Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow was up 35 points at 10,345, the Nasdaq gained 6
points at 2,145 and the S&P500 added 4 points at 1,096.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was up 130.23 points at 9,475.78, while the Hang
Seng ended the morning ahead 119.29 points at 21,940.79.

Crude oil traded at $77.30 a barrel on Nymex.

Gold settled at $1,178.50 an ounce.

Happy December!

G.

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