Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Hang Seng ended the morning down 67.13 points at 16,301.85, while the Nikkei was recently at 15,543.69, down 94.81 points.

New York's main oil contract, light sweet crude for delivery in August, was down 27 cents at $73.66 a barrel from $73.93 a barrel in US closing deals before the holiday break.

Early broker notes:

STANLEY LEISURE UPGRADED TO 'OVERWEIGHT' VS 'NEUTRAL' AT HSBC

Happy trading!

G.

PS Got someone looking at the calendar. Will be updated a.s.a.p.

Yes UU. was ex div last week.

Midday Market Summary

PS - The Ex-d list is now updated. Apologies for the oversight. G.

End-of-day Market Summary