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Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow rose 11 points to 16,179, the Nasdaq fell 12 points to
4,058 and the S&P500 dropped a point at 1,810.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently down 45 points at 15,814 and the Hang Seng
off 95 points at 22,793.

WTI crude oil traded at $98.77 a barrel and Brent crude at $110.29.

Gold settled at $1,195 an ounce.

Happy Friday!

G.

EUR German PPI m/m -0.1% 0.0% -0.2%

EUR GfK German Consumer Climate 7.6 7.4 7.4

Morning All.

Opening Market Overview

GBP Current Account -20.7B -13.8B -13.0B

GBP Final GDP q/q 0.8% 0.8% 0.8%

GBP Public Sector Net Borrowing 14.8B 6.6B 6.4B

GBP Index of Services 3m/3m 0.8% 0.4% 0.7%

GBP Revised Business Investment q/q 2.0% 1.6% 1.4%

Midday Market Overview

CAD Core CPI m/m -0.1% 0.1% 0.2%

CAD Core Retail Sales m/m 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%

CAD CPI m/m 0.0% 0.2% -0.2%

CAD Retail Sales m/m -0.1% 0.3% 1.0%

USD Final GDP q/q 4.1% 3.6% 3.6%

End-of-day Market Overview

I will be taking a break for a week or so now, so I'll wish you all a very Happy
Christmas. I look forward to seeing you all again in the New Year.

G.

Merry Christmas G and thank you again for your work here much appreciated :O)

Have a good one!