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Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow fell 27 points at 10,270, the Nasdaq gained a
point at 2,191 and the S&P500 lost 6 points at 1,097.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was down 89.74 points at 10,314.59, while the
Hang Seng ended the morning off 320.24 points at 20,401.84.

Crude oil traded at $76.77 a barrel on Nymex.

Happy trading!

G.

ADM UBS: initiated buy
BLT Credit Suisse: upgraded to outperform from neutral
BP. HSBC: upgraded to overweight from neutral
CNE RBS: reiterated buy, tp raised to 400 from 344
DNX RBS: reiterated buy, tp cut to 1400 from 1495
LAD Citigroup: initiated hold
NWR Merrill: downgraded to hold from buy, tp 750
RBS BNP: downgraded to neutral from outperform
RIO Credit Suisse: upgraded to neutral from underperform
TPK HSBC: upgraded to neutral from underweight
WMH UBS: initiated buy

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Was expecting a bit more strength in the FTSE today but that's not to be right now.
Closed my LLOY longs yesterday at a profit having been heavily submerged at one stage and opened another small long towards the close. Should have waited until this morning!

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