Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow climbed 146 points at 10,754, the Nasdaq rose 40
points at 2,356 and the S&P500 added 17 points at 1,143.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was last down 40 points at 9,586, while the Hang Seng
ended the morning up 27 points at 22,004.

Crude oil traded at $74.42 a barrel on Nymex.

Gold settled at $1,279 an ounce.

Happy trading!

G.

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