rather than pick out individual stocks to trade, it can often be worthwhile to trade the indices themselves, especially in times of high volatility.

for those so inclined, i attach below charts for FTSE and FTSE 250, though one might equally be tempted to trade Dow or S&P, which is significantly broader in its coverage, or even NASDAQ

for ease of reading, i have attached 1 year and 3 month charts in each instance

ADP September US Private sector jobs +91,000 v expected 75,000

reaction is scarcely ecstatic

No - a bit of a spike to the intraday high and now coming off.

ISM Non-Manufacturing 53 v 52.7 expected.

Wow fantastic lol.

In the words on Johnnie Cash - One piece at at time :-)

DOW up 80 points

and

50 more, a respite for two days now

Canada's message to Wall Street: we've got jobs

Am I out of the loop, or is that now tech speak for a respite?

Sorry Harry its been a long day.

I thought your version was better! ;o)

RIP Steve Jobbs a great man.

LONDON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening

up 30 points

Dexia Set for Restructuring

Jean-Claude Van Damme speaks tonight and leaves later this month. Telegraph.

Rates unchanged. BOE increases Bond Purchase Program to 275 Bln from 200 Bln (QE)

That was a sudden fall off.

Worth a short punt now on the FTSE and DOW.