Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow gained 119 points at 15,495, the Nasdaq fell 4 points to
3,718 and the S&P500 rose 10 points at 1,698.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently down 29 points to 14,375 and the Hang Seng
off 63 points at 23,189.

WTI crude oil traded at $106.59 a barrel and Brent crude at $112.32.

Gold settled at $1,318 an ounce.

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Europe Factors to Watch-Shares set to halt rally ahead of Fed

Tue Sep 17, 2013 6:35am BST
PARIS, Sept 17 (Reuters) - European stocks are seen drifting lower on
Tuesday as investors cash in a portion of recent gains ahead of a two-day U.S.
Federal Reserve policy meeting expected to begin scaling back stimulus.

Financial spreadbetters expect Britain's FTSE 100 to open 15 to 16
points lower, or down 0.2 percent, Germany's DAX to open 16 points
lower, or down 0.2 percent, and France's CAC 40 to open 9 points lower,
or down 0.2 percent.

European stocks surged on Monday, with the FTSEurofirst 300 index
of top European shares hitting a five-year high, after news that former treasury
secretary and White House adviser Lawrence Summers had pulled out of the race to
lead the Fed.

UK Stocks-Factors to watch on September 17

LONDON, Sept 17 | Tue Sep 17, 2013 7:00am BST
(Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening down 14-16 points, or 0.2 percent lower on Tuesday, according to financial bookmakers, giving back some of the previous session's gains ahead of a two-day U.S. Federal Reserve policy meeting expected to signal the start of a scaling back of its stimulus. For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on

* The FTSE 100 index ended up 39.06 points, or 0.6 percent, at 6,622.86 points on Monday, its highest close since August 2, after Lawrence Summers quit the race to head the Fed, boosting prospects of a more measured scale-back in economic stimulus measures.

Nikkei falls, investors cautious as focus turns to Fed outcome

Tue Sep 17, 2013 7:18am BST
TOKYO, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average fell on
Tuesday as investors braced for a U.S. central bank meeting at
which it is expected to start winding down its massive stimulus
spending.

The benchmark Nikkei shed 0.7 percent to 14,311.67
points in choppy trade, after rising to as high as 14,474.53,
while the broader Topix eased 0.3 percent to 1,181.64 in
moderate trade, with 3.64 billion shares changing hands.

Japanese markets were closed on Monday for a holiday.

Mobile carriers led the losses, with KDDI Corp
tumbling 7.2 percent, SoftBank Corp and NTT DoCoMo Inc
down 3.8 percent and 2.7 percent, respectively, hit by
fears over a potential price war over Apple's iPhones.

Morning All.

FTSE100 starts modestly lower ahead of UK inflation data

EUR Current Account 16.9B 18.3B 19.8B

GBP CPI y/y 2.7% 2.7% 2.8%

GBP PPI Input m/m -0.2% 0.3% 1.2%

GBP RPI y/y 3.3% 3.2% 3.1%

GBP Core CPI y/y 2.0% 2.1% 2.0%

GBP HPI y/y 3.3% 3.4% 3.1%

GBP PPI Output m/m 0.1% 0.2% 0.2%

EUR German ZEW Economic Sentiment 49.6 45.3 42.0

EUR ZEW Economic Sentiment 58.6 47.2 44.0

EUR Trade Balance 11.1B 15.3B 13.5B

FTSE100 firmly lower in midday trade ahead of Fed

CAD Manufacturing Sales m/m 1.7% 0.6% -0.1%

USD Core CPI m/m 0.1% 0.1% 0.2%

USD CPI m/m 0.1% 0.2% 0.2%

USD TIC Long-Term Purchases 31.1B -45.3B -66.9B

USD NAHB Housing Market Index 58 59 59

FTSE100 ends session firmly lower