Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow rose 128 points to 15,191, the Nasdaq gained 23 points
at 3,729 and the S&P500 added 12 points at 1,684.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently up 114 points at 14,537 and the Hang Seng off
29 points at 22,948.

WTI crude oil traded at $107.39 a barrel and Brent crude at $111.25.

Gold settled at $1,364 an ounce.

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European Factors to Watch-Shares seen up as Syria concerns ease

Wed Sep 11, 2013 6:30am BST
LONDON, Sept 11 (Reuters) - European shares were likely to extend gains to
trade near three-month highs on Wednesday, with ebbing concerns about a military
attack on Syria and recent data indicating an improving economic outlook
boosting sentiment.

U.S. President Barack Obama pledged on Tuesday to explore Russia's proposal
for Syria to place its chemical weapons under international control and said he
had asked Congress to postpone a vote on authorising military
action.

"It's hard to find a more market-friendly outcome from the developments and
Russia, the U.S., Syria, Israel, and many other nations will be fairly content
about the fact that ultimately key leaders are finding good middle ground,"
Chris Weston, chief market strategist at IG, said in a note.

Financial spreadbetters predicted Germany's DAX to gain 20 to 23
points, or as much as 0.3 percent, Britain's FTSE 100 to rise 4 to 5
points, or 0.1 percent, and France's CAC 40 also to advance just 4 to 5
points.

The FTSEurofirst 300 index ended 1.3 percent firmer on Tuesday at
1,243.60 points, the highest since late May. It is up 9.6 percent this year
partly on improving economic outlook. Data from China, the United States and
Europe have all suggested that the global economy is gathering steam.

Nikkei ends flat after hitting 7-week high, profit-taking weighs

Wed Sep 11, 2013 7:27am BST
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TOKYO, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average ended
little changed on Wednesday, after hitting a seven-week high on
receding worries over Syria and the yen's slide against the
dollar, with profit-taking in recently strong Olympics-related
shares eroding early gains.

The benchmark Nikkei was virtually flat at
14,425.07, after rising to as high as 14,561.46, its highest
intra-day level since July 25.

The index climbed 4.1 percent over the past two days ended
on Tuesday, buoyed by euphoria over Tokyo's winning bid for the
2020 Olympics and Japan's strong second-quarter growth.

The broader Topix eased 0.1 percent to 1,189.25 in
moderate trade, with 3.44 billion shares changing hands, the
second-highest in 7-1/2-weeks.

Morning All.

FTSE100 little changed in early deals ahead of UK jobs data

GBP Claimant Count Change -32.6K -21.2K -29.2K

GBP Average Earnings Index 3m/y 1.1% 1.3% 2.1%

GBP Unemployment Rate 7.7% 7.8% 7.8%

German 10-y Bond Auction 2.06|1.3 1.80|1.3

FTSE100 marginally lower at midday on ex-dividend factors

USD Wholesale Inventories m/m 0.1% 0.3% -0.2%

FTSE100 ends just marginally higher, with ARM leading