Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow added 23 points at 12,400, the S&P500 was flat at 1,333
and the Nasdaq Composite was unchanged at 2,789.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently down 141 points at 9,577, while the Hang Seng is
closed for the day.

Crude oil traded at $108.24 a barrel on Nymex.

Gold settled at $1,436 an ounce.

Happy trading!

G.

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

ALN Canaccord: hold, tp cut to 160 from 180
ASC Goldman: tp raised to 2200 from 2100
BP. Kepler: buy, tp raised to 683 from 665
BT.A BarCap: reiterated overweight, tp raised to 250 from 230
COST Investec: resumed buy, tp 405
DOM Goldman: reiterated buy, tp cut to 586 from 750
DXNS BarCap: upgraded to overweight from equal weight
ESSR Morgan Stanley: reiterated underweight, tp raised to 425 from 415
HGG Citigroup: reiterated hold, tp raised to 176 from 170
HILS Altium: upgraded to buy from hold
KESA BarCap: underweight, tp cut to 110 from 115
KESA UBS [HB]: reiterated neutral, tp cut to 125 from 140
LRE JPMorgan: overweight, tp raised to 720 from 664
LRE Morgan Stanley: overweight, tp raised to 720
MCHL Espirito Santo: buy, tp cut to 105 from 165
NEX Morgan Stanley: downgraded to equal weight from overweight, tp 265
NG. HSBC: downgraded to underweight from neutral, tp reiterated 610
RSL Citigroup: reiterated buy, tp raised to 367 from 331
SIG UBS: reiterated buy, tp cut to 165 from 168
VOD Nomura: reiterated buy, tp cut to 215 from 220

End-of-day Market Overview