Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow rose 62 points to 15,192, the Nasdaq added 47 points at
3,818 and the S&P500 gained 13 points at 1,695.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently down 262 points at 14,222 and the Hang Seng
ahead 247 points at 23,107.

WTI crude oil traded at $102.04 a barrel and Brent crude at $107.94.

Gold settled at $1,286 an ounce.

Good hunting!

G.

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European Factors to Watch - Italian uncertainty to cap stocks

UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Oct. 2

LONDON | Wed Oct 2, 2013 6:55am BST
Oct 2 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is expected to open 9 to 15 points, or as much as 0.2 percent, lower on Wednesday, according to financial bookmakers. For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on

* The UK blue chip index closed flat at 6,460.01 points in the previous session.

* Tesco, will inject retail assets and HK$4.325 billion ($558 million) in cash into a hypermarket joint venture with China Resources Enterprise Ltd 0291.HK, the state-backed Chinese firm said on Wednesday.

Nikkei logs biggest one-day fall in 6 weeks as Abe stimulus fails to wow

Wed Oct 2, 2013 7:22am BST
TOKYO, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average suffered the
biggest one-day loss in six weeks on Wednesday, having failed to
maintain earlier gains in a choppy session, after Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe's stimulus package unveiled the previous day offered
little impetus for fresh buying.

Although global shares rose modestly on hopes that the U.S.
government shutdown may not last long, many investors remain
cautious with no clear solution in sight for the more important
agenda of raising the federal debt ceiling by mid-October.

The Nikkei closed down 2.2 percent at 14,170.49, its
lowest closing level in 3-1/2 weeks, after trading as high as
14,569.20 during the session. The benchmark is still up 36
percent this year, underpinned by the government's aggressive
fiscal and monetary stimulus steps.

The broader Topix dropped 1.5 percent to 1,175.16 in
relatively subdued trade, with 2.90 billion shares changing
hands.

EUR Spanish Unemployment Change 25.6K 12.3K 0.0K

FTSE100 moves firmly lower in early deals as Tesco tumbles

US Non-Farm Payrolls cancelled

GBP Construction PMI 58.9 60.1 59.1

GBP Housing Equity Withdrawal q/q -15.4B -7.2B -8.8B

FTSE100 remains firmly lower midday with retailers in retreat

EUR Minimum Bid Rate unchanged 0.50%

USD ADP Non-Farm Employment Change 166K 177K 176K

Italy crisis: Berlusconi U-turn on confidence vote

FTSE100 closes session down but well off earlier lows