Hello traders!

In the US, in late trading, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 55.60 at 12,677.29, and appeared headed toward a record close.

The S&P500 was up 8.14 at 1,446.38, and the Nasdaq Composite was up 6.67 at 2,470.60.

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

G.

Morning Greystone :-) Market reports:

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

Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Nikkei closed up 27.61 points at 17,547.11, while the Hang Seng Index ended the morning up 254.57 points at 20,684.73.

New York Mercantile Exchange's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in March, was at $57.36 a barrel, up 6 cents from $57.30 in late trading in the US.

Happy Friday!

G.

London shares outlook - higher as Wall Street extends gains, BA Q3 in focus

Struggling with a very dodgy Internet connection here today so will post where possible!

Tokyo shares close flat on profit-takingAustralian shares close at new record; upside capped ahead of US payrolls-UPDATEAsian markets summary

AFX UK at a glance share guide

AZN upgraded to buy from hold - Dresdner Kleinwort
RDSA downgraded to neutral from buy - Goldman Sachs
RDSA downgraded to neutral from overweight - target 1850 from 2000 - JP Morgan
RDSA downgraded to neutral from buy - target 1900 - Dresdner Kleinwort
SGE downgraded to neutral from buy - Merrill Lynch

Tokyo shares close flat on profit-taking - UPDATE

TATE upgraded to buy from hold - ABN Amro

BA seen lower as Q3 misses forecasts; Merrill Lynch 'neutral'

UK smallcap opening - Cashbox rises on bid approach

UK smallcap opening - Interactive World up on bullish update

Good morning Greystone and Kyoto.

Thank you for this thread which you produce and contribute to, probably the most helpful and well researched across the web imo.

:-)

London shares open higher, Wall Street continues record run, BA reveals Q3 dip

UK smallcap opening - Empyrean Energy lifted on positive drilling update

UK smallcap opening - Caldwell Investments up on operational review

AFX NEWS BRIEFING: Oil and utilities highlights to 09:15 GMTAFX NEWS BRIEFING: Banking and insurance highlights to 09:15 GMTAFX NEWS BRIEFING: Consumer and retailing highlights to 09:15 GMTAFX NEWS BRIEFING: Aerospace and transportation highlights to 09:10 GMTAFX NEWS BRIEFING: Pharmaceuticals and chemicals highlights to 09:10 GMTAFX NEWS BRIEFING: TMT highlights to 09:10 GMTUK smallcap opening - Z Group runs back desite Yahoo deal

Standard Chartered higher on India expansion reports
Astrazeneca upped to 'buy' from 'hold' by ING
Imperial Tobacco climbs, JP Morgan sees as 'consolidation target'
Tate & Lyle gains as ABN Amro upgrades to 'buy'
Sainsbury surges 7 pct on increased M&A hopes

UK small caps open higher with Caldwell firm on operational reviewAFX NEWS BRIEFING: Mergers and acquisitions highlights to 09:20 GMT