Hello traders!

In the US tonight, late buyers came in to save the day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed just off its best level, up 48.82 points at 10,973.56.

The S&P500 rose 6.80 points to 1,246.00, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 11.59 points at 2,111.84.

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

G.

Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Hang Seng closed the morning up 146.10 points at 15,888.76, while the Nikkei was recently up 232.93 points at 15,119.04.

New York's main oil contract, light sweet crude for delivery in August, was at $72.40 a barrel, up 21 cents from $72.19 in late trading in the US.

Happy trading!

G.

Thanks GS,

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thebrewer - You are very welcome. This thread gets a lot more hits than you might think.... It is just everyone being a bit shy.

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