Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow slumped 242 points at 11,613, the Nasdaq fell 51 points at
2,617 and the S&P500 lost 25 points at 1,257.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently down 36 points at 9,058, while the Hang Seng was
last off 371 points at 22,330.

Crude oil traded at $97.67 a barrel on Nymex.

Gold settled at $1,393 an ounce.

Happy trading!

G.

NIKKEI 225	AUSTRALIA ASX200	HANG SENG	SHANGHAI COMPOSITE
KOSPI	SENSEX	VIX	GBPUSD
GBPEUR	NYMEX CRUDE	GOLD

BET Espirito Santo: initiated sell, tp 701
EO. Arbuthnot: initiated buy, tp 211
ESSR Nomura: neutral, tp 510
GRG UBS: reiterated buy, tp raised to 550 from 520
GSK RBS [HB]: reiterated buy, tp raised to 1725 from 1610
HIK RBS: reiterated hold, tp cut to 750 from 830
ITE Peel Hunt: hold, tp raised to 255 from 230
ITV UBS: reiterated buy, tp reiterated 115
MAB Deutsche: downgraded to hold from buy
PSON UBS: reiterated buy, tp reiterated 1400
RTO Goldman: buy, tp cut to 122 from 128
SMDS JPMorgan: overweight
VOD Nomura: reiterated buy, tp reiterated 220

End-of-day Market Overview