Good morning traders!

In the US Friday, the Dow dipped 14 points at 14,923, the Nasdaq edged up a point at
3,660 and the S&P500 was flat at 1,655.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently up 315 points at 14,176 and the Hang Seng
ahead 166 points at 22,787.

WTI crude oil traded at $110.53 a barrel and Brent crude at $116.12.

Gold settled at $1,386 an ounce.

Happy Monday!

G.

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UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Monday, Sept. 9

LONDON, Sept 9 | Mon Sep 9, 2013 6:59am BST
(Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening up 4 points on Monday, according to financial bookmakers. For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on

* The blue-chip index closed up by 0.2 percent, or 14.89 points, at 6,547.33 points to near three-week highs on Friday, with Tullow Oil outperforming after an oil find, although worries over Syria's civil war curbed the market's gains.

European Factors to Watch-Shares seen up although Syria still a concern

Mon Sep 9, 2013 6:21am BST
LONDON, Sept 9 (Reuters) - European stocks are seen edging higher on Monday,
as signs of economic recovery continue to draw in investors, although worries
about a possible U.S.-led military strike on Syria may curb gains on the stock
market.

Financial spreadbetters expect Britain's FTSE 100 to open 4 to 5
points higher, a gain of just 0.1 percent.

Germany's DAX is also seen opening a minimal 10 to 12 points
higher, while France's CAC 40 is seen unchanged to 2 points higher.

Increasing signs of an economic recovery in Europe have led several
strategists to raise their ratings on European shares, and Thomson Reuters
Lipper data has shown U.S. investors gradually raising their exposure to
European equities as they switched out of domestic, emerging market and Japanese
stocks.

"European equities continue to hold up quite well and are a testament to the
levels of foreign interest here," said IG chief market strategist Chris Weston.

However, the prospect of a U.S.-led military strike on Syria to punish the
Syrian government for its alleged use of chemical weapons has led to choppy
stock markets this month and could peg back stock markets.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad denied he was behind a chemical weapons
attack on the Syrian people, as the White House on Sunday pressed ahead with the
uphill effort of persuading Congress to approve a military strike.

Nikkei jumps to 5-week high on Olympics euphoria, revised GDP data

Mon Sep 9, 2013 7:14am BST
TOKYO, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Euphoria over Tokyo's winning bid
to host the 2020 Olympics drove Japan's Nikkei average to a
five-week high on Monday, with an upward revision in April-June
gross domestic product also boosting optimism.

The benchmark Nikkei climbed 2.5 percent at
14,205.23, its highest closing since Aug. 6. The broader Topix
advanced 2.2 percent to 1,173.00 in moderate trade, with
2.81 billion shares changed hands, the highest since July 19.

Gains were led by companies expected to benefit from the
Olympics.

Real estate and construction were the
best-performing sectors with gains of 5.3 percent and 4.5
percent respectively.

CHF Retail Sales y/y 0.8% 3.2% 2.3%

FTSE100 remains little changed in early deals today

Morning All.

FTSE100 firmly lower in midday trade on Syria concerns

CAD Building Permits m/m 20.7% 4.4% -10.6%

End-of-day Market Overview