Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow added 121 points at 10,139, the Nasdaq rose 16
points at 2,175 and the S&P500 gained 10 points at 1,070.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was last up 62.84 points at 9,598.58, while the Hang
Seng ended the morning ahead 291.05 points at 20,341.61.

Crude oil traded at $75.71 a barrel on Nymex.

Gold settled at $1,197 an ounce.

Happy Friday!

G.

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