Morning all. Market reports:

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

The prospect of interest rate rises and an unwinding of the country's ￡200bn "money printing" programme moved a step closer after policymakers at the Bank of England voted unanimously to leave both unchanged this month.
Interest rates rise on the horizon as MPC leaves QE unchanged

Mortgage lending rose at its fastest rate since February in November, but credit card spending and demand for personal loans dwindled, as households reassessed their finances.
Home loans double as personal borrowing falls

NIKKEI 225	AUSTRALIA ASX200	SHANGHAI	HANG SENG

KOSPI	SENSEX
VIX	GOLD	NYMEX CRUDE

Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow added 2 points at 10,466, the Nasdaq rose 17 points
at 2,270 and the S&P500 gained 3 points at 1,121.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was up 158.09 points at 10,536.12, while the Hang Seng
ended the half-day session up 188.26 points at 21,517.

Crude oil traded at $77.43 a barrel on Nymex.

Happy Christmas Eve trading!

G.

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KEEP an EYE

RGM 1.60 / 1.75p +0.25p

on the move up with some good size trades

nickel prices moving hihger

I'll wish you all a Merry Christmas before you disappear to start the festivities! :)

I'll kick off a traders thread for Tuesday some time over the weekend (when time
and sobriety allow).

Hope you all have a great time. You deserve it after such a fraught year.

Best wishes,

Alan

I think it's been a fraught decade Alan :-) Anyway, thanks for the threads and have a great Christmas.

Some movement in small shares for the last 30 hour, specially mines shares as metal prices are on the UP

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