Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow rose 110 points to 15,849, the Nasdaq gained 72 points
at 4,123 and the S&P500 added 20 points at 1,794.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently down 48 points at 14,859. Hong Kong markets
are closed for Chinese New Year.

WTI crude oil traded at $98.23 a barrel and Brent crude at $107.95.

Gold settled at $1,242 an ounce.

Happy Friday!

G.

Opening Market Overview

EUR CPI Flash Estimate y/y 0.7% 0.9% 0.8%

EUR Unemployment Rate 12.0% 12.1% 12.1%

Midday Market Overview

CAD GDP m/m 0.2% 0.2% 0.3%

USD Core PCE Price Index m/m 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%

USD Employment Cost Index q/q 0.5% 0.4% 0.4%

USD Personal Spending m/m 0.4% 0.2% 0.5%

USD Personal Income m/m 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%

Chicago PMI 59.6 59.8 59.1

USD Revised UoM Consumer Sentiment 81.2 81.1 80.4

USD Revised UoM Inflation Expectations 3.1% 3.0%

End-of-day Market Overview

Have a great weekend all!

G.