Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow gained 45 points at 10,612, the Nasdaq rose 10
points at 2,368 and the S&P500 was up 5 points at 1,150.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was up 87.91 points at 10,752.86, while the Hang Seng
ended the morning off 16.84 points at 21,211.36.

Crude oil traded at $82.20 a barrel on Nymex.

Happy Friday!

G.

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