Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow jumped 490 points at 12,046, the Nasdaq rose 105 points at
2,620 and the S&P500 gained 52 points at 1,247.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently up 176 points at 8,610, while the Hang Seng soared
1,006 points (5.5%) at 18,995.

WTI crude oil traded at $100.68 a barrel and gold settled at $1,745 an ounce.

Happy December!

G.

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