Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Hang Seng ended the morning up 13.42 points at 18,126.97, while the Nikkei was recently at 16,750.15, up 98.52 points.

New York Mercantile Exchange's main oil contract, light sweet crude for December delivery, was down 19 cents at $59.14 a barrel from its close of $59.33 in the US Friday.

Early broker notes:

GEORGE WIMPEY CUT TO 'HOLD' VS 'BUY' AT MERRILL LYNCH
KESA UPGRADED TO 'OVERWEIGHT' VS 'NEUTRAL' AT JP MORGAN
INTERTEK UPGRADED TO 'BUY' AT MERRILL LYNCH
PUNCH TAVERNS CUT TO 'REDUCE' VS 'NEUTRAL' AT UBS

Happy trading!

G.

Morning all.

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