Hello traders!

In the US tonight, the DJIA was up 152.68 points at 7,761.6 with the S&P500 up
13.2 points at 811.07 and the Nasdaq Composite ahead 23.01 points at 1,551.6.

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

g.

Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Nikkei was up 360.59 points at 8,712.5, while the Hang Seng
ended the morning 717.09 points higher at 14,236.63.

Crude oil was up 52 cents at $48.97 a barrel.

Happy trading!

G.

Morning all. Market reports:

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

Optimism that Britain could soon begin to emerge from the worst phase of the recession was boosted yesterday by a surprise easing-off in the scale of the slump that is battering manufacturing industries.
Manufacturing survey gives hope of end to recession

G20 leaders are avoiding the critical issue of cleaning up banks toxic assets and could prolong the global recession, IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn told the FT ahead of Thursdays G20 summit in London.
IMF chief accuses G20 leaders

Manufacturing in China shrank for an eighth successive month as Chinas economy faced tumbling demand abroad and a fall-off in orders at home, according to a leading tracking index.
Chinese manufacturing shrinks as exports tumble

Ireland's unemployment rate hit a 12-year high of 11pc in March, signalling further misery for a country which is also facing the prospect of an imminent rise in income tax.
Irish unemployment hits record levels

A US hedge fund, Fairfield Greenwich, has been charged with fraud for pumping nearly $7bn (4.85bn) of its clients' money into Bernard Madoff's corrupt investment empire with "total disregard" for any checks on the renegade financier's activities.
US hedge fund charged with $7bn Madoff fraud

Lawsuit cites 'grossly negligent' audits of New Century, one of America's biggest sellers of sub-prime loans before its collapse.
KPMG hit with $1bn US lawsuit over audits

NIKKEI 225	AUSTRALIA ASX200	SHANGHAI	HANG SENG

KOSPI	VIX	GOLD	NYMEX CRUDE

April 2 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. house prices unexpectedly rose for the first time since October 2007 after the Bank of Englands interest-rate cuts attracted buyers to the property market, Nationwide Building Society said.

U.K. House Prices Unexpectedly Rose in March, Nationwide Says

AGA Citigroup: upgraded to buy from hold, tp raised to 140 from 65
AML Credit Suisse: downgraded to underperform from neutral
BOY Citigroup: downgraded to sell from hold, tp cut to 105 from 130
BT.A JP Morgan: reiterated neutral, to raised to 114 from 110
BT.A UBS: reiterated neutral, tp cut to 80 from 95
CKSN Citigroup: reiterated buy, tp cut to 21 from 23
HSBA Macquarie: upgraded to neutral from underperform
HSV UBS: buy, tp raised to 1300 from 1225
KAZ: Citigroup: reiterated hold, tp raised to 396 from 315
SHP Jeffries: initiated underperform

End-of-day Market Overview