Good morning traders!

In the US Friday, the Dow fell 186 points to 15,451, the Nasdaq lost 14 points at 3,775
and the S&P500 shed 12 points at 1,710.

In Asia today, Japan markets are shut for a public holiday, while Hong Kong has
cancelled its morning session after the arrival of Typhoon Usagi.

WTI crude oil traded at $104.67 a barrel and Brent crude at $109.22.

Gold settled at $1,332 an ounce.

Happy Monday!

G.

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UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Sept. 23

LONDON, Sept 23 | Mon Sep 23, 2013 6:59am BST
(Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening 15 points, or 0.2 percent, lower on Monday, according to financial bookmakers. For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on

* The UK blue chip index closed 28.96 points, or 0.4 percent, lower at 6,596.43 points on Friday.

* Angela Merkel won a landslide personal victory in Germany's election on Sunday. Partial results put support for her conservative bloc on 42 percent, their strongest score since 1990, the year of German unification, and a ringing endorsement of her steady leadershipduring the euro zone crisis.

EUR French Flash Manufacturing PMI 49.5 50.2 49.7

EUR French Flash Services PMI 50.7 49.3 48.9

EUR German Flash Manufacturing PMI 51.3 52.3 51.8

EUR German Flash Services PMI 54.4 53.2 52.8

Opening Market Overview

EUR Flash Manufacturing PMI 51.1 51.8 51.4

EUR Flash Services PMI 52.1 51.1 50.7

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Midday Market Overview

USD Flash Manufacturing PMI 52.8 54.2 53.1

End-of-day Market Overview