Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow tumbled 213 points at 10,992, the Nasdaq lost 51
points at 2,471 and the S&P500 slid 28 points to 1,184.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was down 273.3 points at 10,939.36, while the Hang
Seng ended the morning off 267.52 points at 20,994.27.

Crude oil traded at $82.19 a barrel on Nymex.

Gold settled at $1,164 an ounce.

Happy trading!

G.

Opening Market Overview

if EML are going ex divi for all shareholders on 30th doesn't that mean you woyld have to hold by COB on 29th? the SP has plummeted to take into account the special divi but hasn;t it plummeted too early?

End-of-day Market Overview

Alex, The ex-dividend date is two business days before the record date: If the record date is on Friday, the ex-dividend date is on Wednesday, so the sp drop is in line with that.