Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow rose 81 points at 12,279, the Nasdaq added 26 points at
2,757 and the S&P500 gained 9 points at 1,319.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently up 183 points at 9,642, while the Hang Seng ended
the morning ahead 393 points at 23,454.

Crude oil traded at $104.33 a barrel on Nymex.

Gold settled at $1,418 an ounce.

Happy trading!

G.

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

ABG SocGen: initiated buy, tp 780
AFR Jeffries: reiterated buy, tp reiterated 180
AHT UBS: reiterated buy, tp reiterated 270
BKG UBS: reiterated buy, tp raised to 1250 from 1182
BLVN Jeffries: reiterated hold, tp cut to 420 from 435
DMGT UBS: neutral, tp cut to 535 from 575
EMG Citigroup: reiterated buy, tp cut to 285 from 350
EMG Deutsche: reiterated buy, tp cut to 275 from 280
EMG UBS: reiterated buy, tp reiterated 330
GKN RBS: buy, tp raised to 235 from 225
HIK Jeffries: reiterated buy, tp cut to 900 from 1000
IMT UBS: reiterated buy, tp reiterated 2140
KAZ UBS: reiterated buy, tp reiterated 1800
PSN UBS: reiterated buy, tp raised to 530 from 473
RR. HSBC: upgraded to overweight from neutral, tp raised to 725 from 650
RRS SocGen: initiated sell, tp 3400
SGRO Credit Suisse: tp raised to 344 from 318
TCG RBS: buy, tp cut to 260 from 270
WOS UBS [HB]: reiterated neutral, tp reiterated 2165
YULC RBS: buy, tp raised to 260 from 250

End-of-day Market Overview