Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow rose 14 points at 12,285, the Nasdaq lost a point at 2,760
and the S&P500 was flat at 1,315.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently down 72 points at 9,582, while the Hang Seng ended
the morning off 85 points at 23,929.

Crude oil traded at $108.18 a barrel on Nymex.

Gold settled at $1,474 an ounce.

Happy Friday!

G.

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

AML RBS [HB]: buy, tp raised to 460 from 450
CAL JPMorgan: reiterated overweight, tp raised to 49 from 43
CINE Goldman: tp raised to 250 from 235
CLLN RBS: reiterated buy, tp raised to 457 from 446
CW. Investec: upgraded to buy from hold
DLN JPMorgan: upgraded to overweight from neutral, tp raised to 2000 from 1765
GPOR JPMorgan: neutral, tp raised to 430 from 390
GRI JPMorgan: downgraded to neutral from overweight
ISYS BarCap: reiterated overweight, tp cut to 370 from 385
ITRK HSBC: neutral, tp raised to 2250 from 2100
LAD Deutsche [HB]: upgraded to buy from hold
MRW Goldman: tp cut to 320 from 335
OML UBS: reiterated buy, tp raised to 178 from 174
QED JPMorgan: neutral, tp raised to 50 from 43
SHB JPMorgan: neutral, tp raised to 530 from 505
WKP JPMorgan: overweight, tp raised to 31 from 28

End-of-day Market Overview

Have a great weekend all!

G.