Hello traders!

In the US tonight, The Dow Jones Industrial Average was last up 9 points at 12,495, falling from an earlier high of 12,542.

The S&P 500 erased earlier gains to fall 1.50 points to 1,420 and the Nasdaq Composite rose 1 point to 2,436, after earlier rising to 2,451.

Crude oil fell $1.41 a barrel, to close at $54.01.

See you in the morning with the latest.....

G.

Morning Greystone :-) Monday's market reports:

Telegraph
Telegraph (Bloomberg summary)
The Times
FT
The Guardian
The Independent
This is Money

Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Hang Seng ended the morning up 91.35 points at 20,328.03, while the Nikkei closed up 19.73 points at 17,490.19.

New York Mercantile Exchange's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in March, was up 9 cents at $54.10 a barrel from $54.01 in late trading in the US overnight.

Happy trading!

G.

Thanks, as always, Kyoto... :)

Tokyo shares close mixed, profit-taking trims Nikkei's early gainsAustralian shares close at fresh record highs on banks, earning reports - UPDATEAsian markets summary

Another Western-financed Russian oil company is under investigation by the Kremlin for alleged tax fraud.
Russian oil company under investigation

U.S.-Iran tensions could trigger accidental war, military and analysts say

London shares outlook - touch lower on mixed Wall St; Corus eyed

AGC downgraded to underweight from overweight - Morgan Stanley
INWS downgraded to hold from buy - ABN Amro

Tokyo shares close mixed, profit-taking trims Nikkei's early gains - UPDATE

AFX UK at a glance share guide

Morning all!

Kyoto - glad you are feeling better :-)

Total upped to 'equal-weight' at Morgan Stanley, cuts BP, Shell tgt

UK smallcap opening - Bango boosted by upbeat trading statement

UK smallcap opening - MeDaVinci ticks up on Hungary health club investment

UK smallcap opening - eg solutions crash on FY losses warning, FD departure

Initial dip on HMV before the ATs kicked in.

Kazakhmys lower in weak sector, Q4 'best so far' - Credit Suisse
Smith & Nephew up before next week's results as peer posts strong Q4
ITV advances, Goldman Sachs poll points to Q1 rise in ad expenditure

GOOD morning all
Selected last night, and up on the bid well, but still at the same offer price 40 - 41p +1.50p

"UPS" (Added by Master RSI on Mon 29 Jan 10:29 pm)

CLN - Mid 39p

Reason - Had a double bottom a couple of week ago, and now is ready for a BREAKOUT of the downtrend, today's news of progress "has continued apace" and large volume will help

UK smallcap opening - Mears retreats as CEO departs

UK smallcap opening - Carluccio's lower on post-update profit-taking