Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow slid 354 points at 14,758, the Nasdaq lost 78 points at
3,365 and the S&P500 fell 41 points to 1,588.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently down 61 points at 12,954 and the Hang Seng
off 298 points at 20,085.

WTI crude oil traded at $95.01 a barrel and Brent crude at $102.15.

Gold settled at $1,283 an ounce.

Happy Friday!

G.

Morning All.

FTSE 100 moves comfortably higher in early deals today

skinny, are you on strike today?

I was in and out earlier this morning.

9:00am EUR Current Account 19.5B 15.1B 25.9B

9:30am GBP Public Sector Net Borrowing 10.5B 12.7B 6.6B

FTSE 100 firmly higher in midday trade as miners rally

CAD Core CPI m/m 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%

CAD Core Retail Sales m/m -0.3% 0.0% -0.2%

CAD CPI m/m 0.2% 0.4% -0.2%

CAD Retail Sales m/m 0.1% 0.2% 0.0%

FTSE100 ends day firmly lower as an early rally runs into sand

Have a great weekend all....

G.