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Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow lost 59 points at 10,868, the Nasdaq fell 22 points at
2,402 and the S&P500 shed 8 points at 1,166.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was down 342.21 points (3%) at 10,715.19, while the
Hang Seng ended the morning off 221.47 points at 20,106.07.

Crude oil traded at $80.13 a barrel on Nymex.

Happy trading!

G.

Opening Market Overview

one from the "UPS" a bit earlier

RKH 69p ( 68 / 70p )

News of Oil discovery on the Falklands ..."Rockhopper Exploration, the North Falkland Basin oil and gas exploration company, is pleased to announce that well 14/10-2 on the Sea Lion prospect has reached a depth of 2,744 metres. Initial data collected indicate that this well is an oil discovery, which would be the first in the North Falkland Basin. "

End-of-day Market Overview

BLACK Thursday for the US market


15 minutes delay