Hello traders!

In the US tonight, the Dow Jones closed down 486.01 points at 9,139.27, while
the S&P500 was off 52.96 points at 952.79 and the Nasdaq Composite down
98.48 points at 1,681.64.

Crude fell, with oil futures for December delivery off $5.33 to $65.2 a barrel on the
New York Mercantile Exchange.

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

G.

Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Hang Seng ended the morning down 950.74 points at 13,889.42,
while the Nikkei shed 622.10 points at 8,899.

Happy trading!

G.

Morning all. Market reports:

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

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee is set to announce its second interest rate cut in as many months today after increasingly dire warnings about the health of Britain's economy. The MPC is widely expected to cut interest rates by at least 0.5 of a percentage point, which would bring the base rate down to 4 per cent, but the nine-strong panel is meeting amid calls for an even more dramatic cut in the cost of borrowing.
Pressure grows for dramatic rate cut

The threat of a deep and prolonged recession mounted yesterday as bleak figures showed services industries shrinking at a record rate and manufacturing suffering its longest stretch of falling output since 1980.
Deep and lengthy recession takes shape as UK output figures shrink

Investment banks at the heart of the unregulated credit derivatives industry have hit out at claims this fast-growing and opaque market has played a major role in fuelling recent financial turmoil around the world.
Banks hit back at derivatives criticism

The IMF board on Wednesday approved a $16.4bn bailout package for Ukraine intended to stabilise the countrys banking system and mitigate the impact of a collapse in the price of steel, one of its biggest exports.
IMF approves $16.4bn Ukraine loan

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