Hello traders!

In the US tonight, the Dow was last up 19.35 points at 13,694.60, while the
S&P500 was ahead 1.05 points at 1,516.93 and the Nasdaq Composite was off
19.91 points at 2,754.85.

Crude oil was recently up $2.69 at $89.79, after hitting an intraday high of $90.00
a barrel.

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

G.

Morning all. Market reports:

Telegraph
The Times
The Times (Need to know)
FT
The Guardian
The Independent
This is Money

America's sub-prime mortgage crisis is likely to claim the homes of two million families according to an influential congressional committee which warned today that foreclosures pose a grave threat to the US economy.

'We are headed for billions in lost wealth'

Identified as one of the bright spots in the global economy, China recorded more double-digit growth in the third quarter, though the great expansion is slowing. The robust annualised 11.5 per cent jump in output for the three months to September revealed yesterday is down from the near- 12 per cent figure for the previous quarter. Next year, the IMF expects Chinese growth to slow to 10 per cent.

China's growth slows to 11.5%

NIKKEI	AUSTRALIA	SHANGHAI	HANG SENG

Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Hang Seng ended the morning up 412.18 points at 30,266.67,
while the Nikkei rose 0.9% to 16,436.25.

Crude oil for December futures rose as high as $91.10 a barrel in electronic trading,
after ending at a record high of $90.46 a barrel on the New York Mercantile
Exchange. The contract was recently at $90.90 a barrel, up 44 cents on continued
worries over energy supply and tensions in the Middle East.

Happy Friday!

G.

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