Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow and S&P500 were unchanged at 16,073 and 1,803,
respectively, while the Nasdaq rose 23 points to 4,018.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently down 32 points at 15,482 and the Hang Seng
ahead 154 points at 23,835.

WTI crude oil traded at $93.68 a barrel and Brent crude at $110.88.

Gold settled at $1,241 an ounce.

Good hunting!

G.

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Morning All.

Opening Market Overview

GfK German Consumer Climate 7.4 7.1 7.1

GBP Second Estimate GDP q/q 0.8% 0.8% 0.8%

GBP Prelim Business Investment q/q 1.4% 2.3% -2.7%

GBP Index of Services 3m/3m 0.7% 0.4% 0.6%

Morning.

GBP CBI Realized Sales 1 12 2

Midday Market Overview

USD Core Durable Goods Orders m/m -0.1% 0.5% -0.2%

USD Unemployment Claims 316K 331K 323K

USD Durable Goods Orders m/m -2.0% -1.5% 3.8%

USD Chicago PMI 63.0 60.6 65.9

End-of-day Market Overview