Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow fell 74 points at 9,986, the Nasdaq lost 23 points at
2,119 and the S&P500 shed 8 points at 1,047.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was last up 32 points at 8,938, while the Hang Seng
ended the morning down 21 points at 20,590.

Crude oil traded at $73.06 a barrel on Nymex.

Gold settled at $1,237 an ounce.

Happy Friday!

G.

Opening Market Overview

Are we growing better than expected? .........


UK GDP q/q revised to 1.2% v forecast 1.1% and previous 1.1%

UK GDP y/y 1.7% v forecast 1.6% and previous 1.6%

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End-of-day Market Overview

Have a good weekend all!

I will kick off the Traders Thread for Tuesday 31st August on Sunday morning.

G.