Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow rose 55 points to 15,328, the Nasdaq added 26 points at
3,787 and the S&P500 gained 6 points at 1,699.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently down 19 points at 14,780 and the Hang Seng
up 22 points at 23,147.

WTI crude oil traded at $103.03 a barrel and Brent crude at $109.21.

Gold settled at $1,323 an ounce.

Happy Friday!

G.

Can't believe the time you posted this thread,,,,,for god's sake get some rest man!!!
Bully doesn't pay you enough for this kind of commitment...LMFAO

(and best regards)

SC

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GBP Nationwide HPI m/m 0.9% 0.5% 0.6%

Royal Mail valued between £2.6bn and £3.3bn

Royal Mail is to be valued at between £2.6bn and £3.3bn, the government says.

The Treasury said on Friday that Royal Mail would list on the London Stock Exchange next month. BBC business editor Robert Peston says that the privatisation should be completed by 15 October.

He adds that this is "long before" a possible strike could happen.

Nikkei edges down ahead of govt tax plan; market up for 4th week

Fri Sep 27, 2013 7:21am BST
TOKYO, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average
edged down on Friday, hurt in part by profit-taking and as
traders were reluctant to build new positions ahead of an
announcement about the government's economic growth and tax
strategy next week.

The Nikkei dropped 0.3 percent to 14,760.07 after
flirting with positive territory earlier in the day. The index
added 0.1 percent this week, its fourth straight week of gains.

The Topix eased 0.2 percent to 1,217.52.

August French Consumer Spending m/m -0.4% 0.1%

July French Consumer Spending m/m 0.4% 0.3% -0.8%

FTSE100 firmly lower midday as resources stocks stumble

USD Core PCE Price Index m/m 0.2% 0.1% 0.1%

USD Personal Spending m/m 0.3% 0.3% 0.2%

USD Personal Income m/m 0.4% 0.5% 0.2%

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Have a great weekend folks!

G.