Good morning traders!

In the US Friday, the Dow rose 49 points to 16,322, the Nasdaq fell 11 points to 4,308
and the S&P500 added 5 points at 1,859.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently down 207 points at 14,634 and the Hang Seng
off 140 points at 22,697.

WTI crude oil traded at $102.59 a barrel and Brent crude at $109.07.

Gold settled at $1,321 an ounce.

Happy Monday!

G.

Opening Market Overview

GBP Manufacturing PMI 56.9 56.9 56.7

GBP Net Lending to Individuals m/m 2.1B 2.5B 2.3B

GBP M4 Money Supply m/m 0.3% 0.3% -1.4%

GBP Mortgage Approvals 77K 74K 73K

CAD RMPI m/m 2.6% 2.3% 1.8%

CAD IPPI m/m 1.4% 0.9% 0.6%

USD Core PCE Price Index m/m 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%

USD Personal Spending m/m 0.4% 0.2% 0.1%

USD Personal Income m/m 0.3% 0.2% 0.0%

USD ISM Manufacturing PMI 53.2 52.3 51.3