Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow rose 19 points to 16,943, the Nasdaq added 15 points
at 4,336 and the S&P500 gained 2 points at 1,951.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently down 84 points at 15,040 and the Hang Seng
ahead 91 points at 23,208.

WTI crude oil traded at $104.41 a barrel and Brent at $109.99.

Gold settled at $1,253 an ounce.

Good hunting!

G.

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EUR Italian Industrial Production m/m 0.7% 0.4% -0.4%

GBP Manufacturing Production m/m 0.4% 0.4% 0.5%

GBP Industrial Production m/m 0.4% 0.4% -0.1%

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