Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow rose 85 points at 12,171, the Nasdaq added 38 points at
2,736 and the S&P 500 gained 12 points at 1,310.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently up 49 points at 9,484, while the Hang Seng was
225 points better at 23,140.

Crude oil traded at $105.62 a barrel on Nymex.

Gold settled at $1,433 an ounce.

Happy Friday!

G.

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

ATK HSBC: reiterated neutral, tp reiterated 800
AU. JPMorgan: reiterated underweight, tp reiterated 1000
BLT UBS: reiterated buy, tp 2900
BNZL HSBC: reiterated overweight, tp reiterated 940
BP. Citigroup: reiterated hold, tp reiterated 525
CW. Citigroup: reiterated hold, tp cut to 58 from 68
CW. Deutsche: reiterated buy, tp cut to 90 from 125
ESSR Morgan Stanley: reiterated underweight, tp cut to 415 from 425
EZJ Credit Suisse: reiterated neutral, tp cut to 330 from 464
EZJ Morgan Stanley: reiterated equal weight, tp 420
FGP Deutsche: reiterated hold, tp 400
GRG Citigroup: initiated buy, tp 580
GSK Morgan Stanley: reiterated underweight, tp 1180
IMT Deutsche: buy, tp 2700
ISAT Credit Suisse: outperform, tp cut to 720 from 840
KGF Citigroup: reiterated buy
KGF Deutsche: reiterated buy, tp reiterated 350
KGF UBS [HB]: reiterated buy, tp reiterated 285
KIE JPMorgan: initiated overweight, tp 1706
NEX Deutsche: reiterated hold, tp reiterated 270
NXT Citigroup: reiterated buy, tp reiterated 2400
NXT Espirito Santo: upgraded to hold from sell
PMO Citigroup: buy
PMO Deutsche: reiterated buy, tp reiterated 2275
PRTY Investec: reiterated sell, tp cut to 116 from 166
SBRY UBS [HB]: reiterated buy, tp cut to 440 from 450
SGC Deutsche: reiterated hold, tp reiterated 240
SHI RBS: buy, tp raised to 157 from 152
SHP Morgan Stanley: reiterated overweight, tp raised to 2250 from 2210
SMIN UBS: reiterated buy, tp raised to 1600 from 1550
STJ Deutsche: hold, tp 345
WOS Deutsche [HB]: reiterated buy, tp reiterated 2425

End-of-day Market Overview

Have a great weekend all! Don't forget your clocks...... ;)