Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow rose 65 points at 12,267, the Nasdaq gained 10 points at
2,745 and the S&P500 added 7 points at 1,313.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently up 170 points at 9,611, while the Hang Seng ended
the morning ahead 216 points at 23,737.

Crude oil traded at $108.15 a barrel on Nymex.

Gold settled at $1,498 an ounce.

Happy trading!

G.

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

BDEV HSBC: upgraded to neutral from underweight, tp raised to 115 from 63
BKG HSBC: upgraded to overweight from neutral, tp raised to 1230 from 890
BLT Merrill [HB]: downgraded to neutral from buy
BP. Citigroup: reiterated hold, tp reiterated 525
BRBY S&P: hold, tp raised to 1280 from 1200
BRBY UBS: reiterated neutral, tp raised to 1200 from 1150
BVS HSBC: reiterated overweight, tp raised to 550 from 400
BWY HSBC: reiterated neutral, tp raised to 755 from 557
CKSN UBS: reiterated sell, tp reiterated 550
CLLN UBS: reiterated neutral, tp raised to 390 from 387
CNA Goldman: conviction buy, tp cut to 471 from 473
GSK Nomura: reiterated neutral, tp reiterated 1220
HSBA Morgan Stanley: upgraded to overweight from equal weight, tp raised to 800 from 775
LGEN Morgan Stanley: reiterated overweight, tp cut to 132 from 133
PSN HSBC: upgraded to neutral from underweight, tp raised to 460 from 288
PSON Nomura: reiterated reduce, tp reiterated 1036
TSCO Citigroup: reiterated sell, tp reiterated 385
TSCO S&P: buy, tp cut to 460 from 500
UBM BarCap: equal weight, tp cut to 685 from 720
XTA JPMorgan [HB]: upgraded to overweight from neutral, tp raised to 2000 from 1700

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