Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Nikkei closed down 246.42 points at 15,663.34, while the Hang Seng ended the morning up 11.55 points at 15,894.00.

New York's main oil contract, light sweet crude for delivery in April, was up 20 cents at $63.56 from its close of $63.36 in the US overnight.

Early broker notes:

LLOYDS TSB CUT TO 'UNDERPERFORM' VS 'IN-LINE' AT GOLDMAN SACHS
BENFIELD, JARDINE LLOYD THOMPSON STARTED AS 'UNDERPERFORM' BY GOLDMAN SACHS
ICI UPGRADED TO 'NEUTRAL' VS 'REDUCE' AT UBS

Happy Friday!

G.

Good morning all from a frosty North Wales.

Good morning all from a frosty Bedfordshire.

Good morning all form a frosty Hampshire ;-)

Long PSN :-(
Long FTSE100 from yesterday close :-)

Morning All,

OK hands up, anyone In a non frosty area today? ;-)

Stan LOL

long ARM TRY SMDS MNKS also have 5 contracts that cable does not touch 1.728 1.726 or 1.725 in the next 6-7 days all with 16% returns :-)

Mega....

I think I'm a bit slow!

Just realised I can have a Long FTSE100(Mar) and short FTSE100(Apr) open at the same time!

Midday Market Summary

long ARM 133.75

Thought I'd join you on the ARM long

lw,ARM longs starting to look good :-)

yes - I'm in profit, but not sure if I'm brave enough to wait!

Lonmin PLC is expected to replace Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co in the FTSE 100 early next week once P&O's takeover by Dubai Ports World is finally sanctioned, according to market commentators.

End-of-day Market Summary

Have a great weekend everybody! Battening down the hatches here as bad weather approaches....