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FTSE / DOW YTD

In the US on Friday, the Dow gained 57 points to 17,947 the Nasdaq lost 31 points to 5,081 and the S&P 500 lost 1 point at 2,101.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently down 502.88 points at 20,203.27 and the Hang Seng down 999.86 points at 25,664.01.

WTI crude oil traded at $59.63 a barrel and Brent at $63.26.

Gold settled at $1172.90 an ounce.

Trade well and prosper!

Greece reels in shock as banks shut

Opening Market Summary

Market is recovering fast 1/3 of the loses or 50 points for the FTSE, no wonder after such a mark down at the start

A reminder :-

FTSE

All time high 7,122.74 27/04/2015
Highest finish 7,103.98 27/04/2015

US Futures

Midday Report

Breaking: EU chief feels 'betrayed' by Greece

From earlier - ECB to decide on Greek emergency funding on Wednesday - Nowotny

Taken a lot of longs this morning and now find myself 97% invested which is a little disconcerting as very little left if it goes much lower.

Personally I think all the bad news is now out but I know the market has a habit of doing whatever it wants.

Let's hope so CC - I find myself more exposed to RDSB than I'd like.

I suspect alot of people have more RDSB than they'd like Skinny. I've been adding and adding and now reached a point of I would need a stonkingly good price to buy any more

Not overweight commodities overall though which is fortunate. Got a few Weir (sold out from LAM and switched into these) and for whatever reason I seem to have got into VSVS at a decent price which is going very nicely.

Mostly I have banks, builders, industrials and a bit of insurance.

oh and SPHR (medical devices) which is either a 10 bagger within 3-5 years or worth nothing

One of my few blue shares today REDD, might be of interest to you - a decent update today - thread here

USD Pending Home Sales m/m 0.9% 1.3% 2.7%

ECB rejected Greek funding line request for extra 6 billion euro

Europe’s top 50 tech entrepreneurs

VIX takes flight as S&P 500 presses major support

Closing Market Summary

Hmm - I think I may have gone a little overboard with my purchases today. All today's looking good as taken in the first hour but I'm now a little nervous about whether the markets will just drift all week before getting ugly on Friday.

Fingers crossed.