Hello traders!

In the US tonight, according to preliminary calculations, the Dow gained 93.58 points at 11,669.39. The Dow's advance put it within range of its high of 11,722.98 set in January 2000.

The S&P500 rose to a five-and-a-half-year high, increasing 9.97 points to 1,336.34 and the Nasdaq Composite 12.27 points to 2,261.34.

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

G.

Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Hang Seng ended the morning up 127.65 points at 17,435.73, while the Nikkei was recently up 272.44 points at 15,829.89.

New York's main oil contract, light sweet crude for November delivery, was up 31 cents at $61.32 a barrel.

Early broker notes:

SEVERFIELD ROWEN CUT TO 'HOLD' VS 'ADD' AT ABN AMRO
ITV STARTED 'UNDERWEIGHT' AT HSBC; PRICE TARGET 82P
DAVIS SERVICE GROUP CUT TO 'SELL' VS 'HOLD' AT CITIGROUP

Happy trading!

G.

Good morning all

TRX 44.25p +0.75p

Good morning.

I see PCI did not fly, and please dont take a fact as an insult.

Do you have any reason for the lack of progression?

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New home sales figs in US at 2pm our time could be crucial to whether dow - and ftse by default - continue to climb.

edit - 3pm

Hello stockbunny.


Long time......

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