Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow lost 50 points at 15,401, the Nasdaq fell 10 points to
3,765 and the S&P500 shed 8 points at 1,702.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently down 55 points at 14,687 and the Hang Seng off
223 points at 23,148.

WTI crude oil traded at $103.59 a barrel and Brent crude at $108.16.

Gold settled at $1,327 an ounce.

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European Factors to Watch-Shares set to dip for 3rd session in row

Tue Sep 24, 2013 6:24am BST
PARIS, Sept 24 (Reuters) - European stocks are seen inching lower on
Tuesday, falling for a third straight day and tracking losses on Wall Street as
uncertainty about when the U.S. Federal Reserve will start scaling back its
stimulus measures keeps investors on edge.

Financial spreadbetters expect Britain's FTSE 100 to open 8 to 10
points lower, or down 0.15 percent, Germany's DAX to open 13 to 14
points lower, or down 0.16 percent, and France's CAC 40 to open 3 to 4
points lower, or down 0.1 percent.

European stocks have now erased all their gains from the Fed's surprise
decision last Wednesday not to trim down its quantitative easing programme.

On Monday, William Dudley, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York, said in a speech the timeline that Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke articulated
in June for scaling back the central bank's stimulus measures is "still very
much intact", as long as the economy keeps improving.

At a separate event, Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher said the Fed had
hurt its credibility and had urged colleagues to support a $10 billion reduction
in the Fed's bond-buying programme at last week's meeting.

Nikkei edges down as Fed taper concerns weigh

Tue Sep 24, 2013 7:15am BST
TOKYO, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average
edged down in choppy trade on Tuesday after Federal Reserve
officials suggested the U.S. central bank could still begin
scaling back its monetary stimulus later this year.

The Nikkei dropped 0.1 percent to 14,732.61, moving
away from a nine-week high of 14,816.65 hit last Friday. The
Topix dropped 0.3 percent to 1,214.87.

Opening Market Overview

German Ifo Business Climate 107.7 108.4 107.5

GBP BBA Mortgage Approvals 38.2K 38.6K 37.2K

UPDATE 1-Panmure Gordon sees "meatier" second half as IPO activity picks up

Tue Sep 24, 2013 10:35am BST
* Advised on 3 IPOs in H1

* Expects increased IPO activity in H2

* H1 pretax profit plummets 84 percent

* Sees lower H2 costs

By Richa Naidu

Sept 24 (Reuters) - Panmure Gordon & Co Plc said it expected a "meatier" second half as IPO activity in Britain picks up and the investment bank and stockbroker reins in costs.

The 137-year-old company, which advises more than 110 London-listed companies ranging from FTSE-100s to small caps, worked on three share listings in the first half of 2013, including the 1.54 billion pound ($2.47 billion) offering of life insurer Partnership Assurance Group in June.

"I think confidence has been showing just in index performance in the UK market, so people are looking as much at new vehicles to capitalise on as existing ones," Chief Executive Phillip Wale told Reuters, adding that the mood was completely widespread across sectors.

Subdued listing activity due to the global financial crisis had hit small brokers hard in recent years, but more companies are expected to tap the public markets in the coming months as rising stock markets whet investor appetite.


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CAD Core Retail Sales m/m 1.0% 0.6% -0.8%

CAD Retail Sales m/m 0.6% 0.6% -0.6%

USD CB Consumer Confidence 79.7 79.9 81.8

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