Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow rose 27 points to 16,744, the Nasdaq fell 6 points to
4,237 and the S&P 500 added a point at 1,925.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently up 143 points at 15,079 and the Hang Seng
ahead 162 points at 23,244.

WTI crude oil traded at $102.47 a barrel and Brent crude at $108.83.

Gold settled at $1,243 an ounce.

Good hunting!

G.

GBP Nationwide HPI m/m 0.7% 0.7% 1.2%

Opening Market Overview

EUR CPI Flash Estimate y/y 0.5% 0.7% 0.7%

EUR Unemployment Rate 11.7% 11.8% 11.8%

Midday Report

USD Factory Orders m/m 0.7% 0.6% 1.1%

USD IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism 47.7 46.5 45.8