Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow fell 140 points to 12,583, the Nasdaq lost 14 points at 2,815
and the S&P500 shed 12 points at 1,335.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently down 162 points at 9,842, while the Hang Seng
ended the morning off 138 points at 23,123.

WTI crude oil traded at $100.55 a barrel and gold settled at $1,486 an ounce.

Happy Friday!

G.

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

AMEC UBS: reiterated buy, tp reiterated 1310
AZEM UBS: reiterated buy, tp raised to 330 from 315
BOK Citigroup: initiated buy, tp 67
CPW Citigroup: reiterated buy, tp reiterated 500
CPW RBS: reiterated sell, tp raised to 274 from 267
GOG Citigroup: hold, tp 1257
IMT Citigroup: reiterated hold, tp raised to 2200 from 2050
ITV JPMorgan: reiterated overweight, tp cut to 104 from 112
LLOY UBS: reiterated buy, tp cut to 86 from 95
PFC JPMorgan: reiterated overweight, tp reiterated 1942
REX S&P: hold, tp raised to 410 from 370
SAB Citigroup: reiterated buy, tp 2700
SDR UBS: reiterated neutral, tp reiterated 1950
SN. Citigroup: reiterated buy, tp reiterated 775
SN. Goldman: reiterated buy, tp cut to 815 from 840
SN. S&P: hold, tp cut to 720 from 740

End-of-day Market Overview