Hello traders!

In the US tonight, the DJIA was up 50.65 points at 7,940 with the S&P500 ahead
6.58 points at 834 and the Nasdaq Composite 5.77 points higher at 1,531.

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

G.

Good morning traders

In Asia today, the Hang Seng reached the midpoint down 305.89 points at
13,233.32, while the Nikkei was down 240.58 points at 7,705.36.

Happy trading!

G.

Morning all. Market reports:

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

Congressional leaders announced an agreement on a $789 billion (550 billion) economic stimulus package that President Obama says is needed to pull the US out of recession.
Congressional leaders agree $789bn economic stimulus

China will continue to buy US Treasury bonds, even though it has misgivings about US finances and knows the dollar will depreciate, because it remains the only option amid financial turmoil, a senior Chinese banking regulator said Wednesday.
China to stick with US bonds

The toxic debts of European banks risk overwhelming a number of EU governments and may pose a systemic danger to the broader EU banking system, according a confidential memo prepared by the European Commission.
European banks' toxic debts risk overwhelming EU governments

The Bank of England is ready to launch a policy of "quantitative easing" printing money in an effort to lift the economy out of what the Bank calls "a deep recession". The Bank's central forecast, in its latest Inflation Report, suggests that annual growth in the UK economy will hit a nadir of -4 per cent in the summer of this year.
Bank will print money as UK sees 'deep recession'

Demand for oil will drop by 1.2 per cent this year, the biggest annual contraction since 1982, the International Energy Agency (IEA) warned yesterday.
Global demand for oil faces biggest contraction since 1982

BHP Billiton, the world's largest mining group, is set to crash the Chinese Government's $19.5 billion (13.5 billion) bailout of Rio Tinto.
BHP Billiton to gatecrash Chinalco's Rio Tinto bailout

The Financial Services Authority revealed last night that it had been concerned about HBOS's risk management for many years and that it told the bank its growth strategy posed risks just before Sir James Crosby left the bank.
FSA was concerned about HBOS for years

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