In Asia this morning, the Hang Seng reached midway up 21.61 points at 15,103.08 while the Nikkei has ended the day up 202.65 points at 14,986.94.
Early broker notes:
TRINITY MIRROR CUT TO 'EQUAL-WEIGHT' VS 'OVERWEIGHT' AT MORGAN STANLEY
JOHNSTON PRESS CUT TO 'UNDERWEIGHT' VS 'EQUAL-WEIGHT' AT MORGAN STANLEY
BODYCOTE DOWNGRADED TO 'IN-LINE' FROM 'OUTPERFORM' BY GOLDMAN SACHS