Hello traders!

In the US tonight, the Dow was little changed at 8,764, while the S&P500 ended
close to even at 939.14 and the Nasdaq fell 7 points at 1,842.

Crude oil traded at $68.66 a barrel on Nymex.

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

G.

Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Nikkei was down 81.91 points at 9,783.72, while the Hang
Seng ended the morning down 232.94 points at 18,020.45.

Crude oil traded at $68.47 a barrel on Nymex.

Happy trading!

G.

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The International Monetary Fund has called on eurozone governments to take urgent steps to clean up the banking system as losses mount, and advised the European Central Bank to prepare "all unconventional options" in case the crisis deepens.
IMF tells Europe to come clean on bank losses

The Irish Government suffered insult in the bond markets after injury in the polls when Standard & Poor's (S&P) said yesterday that the soaring cost of rescuing the country's banks had reduced Dublin's creditworthiness.
S&P cuts Ireland's credit rating as concern grows over soaring cost of rescuing banks

Swingeing cuts in Latvian government spending helped to boost the shares of banks in Sweden yesterday as investors took comfort from the prospect that the Baltic state may avoid a damaging currency devaluation.
Latvia budget cuts ease fears of Sweden's nervous banks

The pound will stay weak as long as the chaos over Gordon Brown's Prime Ministership continues, experts warned after another volatile day's trading in the currency markets.
Gordon Brown leadership chaos 'will keep pound lower'

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SEY 2.60 / 2.65p +0.40p
Was the share for the UPS this week on yesterday's thread ...............

moving well ahead this morning with 27.5M shares already traded
Has now done a short term BREAKOUT

3 month candlestick with volume

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