Good morning traders!

In the US last night , the Dow fell 26 points to 16,277, the Nasdaq lost 51 points at
4,226 and the S&P500 shed 10 points at 1,857.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently up 9 points at 14,484 and the Hang Seng off
86 points at 21,760.

WTI crude oil traded at $99.60 a barrel and Brent crude at $106.81.

Gold settled at $1,311 an ounce.

Good hunting!

G.

Opening Market Overview

German Ifo Business Climate 110.7 110.9 111.3

GBP CPI y/y 1.7% 1.7% 1.9%

GBP BBA Mortgage Approvals 47.6K 50.0K 50.0K

GBP PPI Input m/m -0.4% 0.4% -0.9%

GBP RPI y/y 2.7% 2.6% 2.8%

GBP Core CPI y/y 1.7% 1.6% 1.6%

GBP HPI y/y 6.8% 5.7% 5.5%

GBP PPI Output m/m 0.0% 0.2% 0.3%