Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow rose 90 points at 16,263, the Nasdaq gained 11 points
at 4,034 and the S&P500 advanced 12 points to 1,843.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently up 343 points at 14,339 and the Hang Seng
ahead 143 points at 22,814.

WTI crude oil traded at $103.75 a barrel and Brent crude at $108.74.

Gold settled at $1,300 an ounce.

Good hunting!

G.

Opening Market Overview

GBP Claimant Count Change -30.4K -30.2K -37.0K

GBP Unemployment Rate 6.9% 7.2% 7.2%

GBP Average Earnings Index 3m/y 1.7% 1.8% 1.4%

German 10-y Bond Auction 1.49|1.3 1.58|1.6

Midday report


Panto, Greystone more likely to be getting ready
for his siesta at this time. Don't forget the time difference.

CAD Foreign Securities Purchases 6.08B 4.57B 1.09B

USD Building Permits 0.99M 1.00M 1.01M

USD Housing Starts 0.95M 0.97M 0.91M

USD Capacity Utilization Rate 79.2% 78.8% 78.4%

USD Industrial Production m/m 0.7% 0.5% 0.6%

Hi midnight, Almost right.

After clocking up 50 years of working life I have decided to slow things down a little
and switched to a part-time role in preparation for a hard-earned retirement...

I will do what I can to keep the Traders Thread going.

Thanks for your ongoing support.

Best regards,

G.

Happy semi-retirement Greystone

Thanks :)