Hello traders!

In the US tonight, the Dow rose 198.27 points to 11,015.19. The benchmark index enjoyed two days of triple-digit gains for the first time in more than 18 months. All 30 Dow stocks ended higher.

The Nasdaq Composite rose 58.15 points to 2,144.14, its biggest one-day point gain since March 13th, 2003.

The S&P500 gained 26.12 points to 1,256.16 The broad gauge had its best one-day point gain since March 17th 2003.

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

G.

Morning all. Looks as if we will have an exciting day today.

Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Hang Seng closed the morning up 371.82 points at 15,806.90, while the Nikkei was recently up 414.55 points at 14,885.31.

New York's main oil contract, light sweet crude for July delivery, was up 60 cents at $70.10 a barrel from its close of $69.50 in the US overnight.

Happy Friday!

G.

Good morning, any views on Standard Life float, is it worth buying extra discounted shares?

FT.com - "Standard Life - a bonus share plan after a year gives retail investors a string incentive not to sell. And it is still possible that disappointed bidders for Abbey's business will emerge to circle the publicly listed Standard Life."

Guardian - "Outlook: The Standard has been lowered, but it's still worthwhile getting Standard Life "


John - As an eligible member, I will be doing so as a ltbh.

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Have a great Weekend all!