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FTSE / DOW

Good morning traders!

In the US last night, the Dow fell 24 points to 16,130, the Nasdaq rose 29 points to
4,273 and the S&P 500 lost 2 points at 1,841.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently down 102 points at 14,741 and the Hang Seng
ahead 40 points at 22,628.

WTI crude oil traded at $102.43 a barrel and Brent crude at $110.46.

Gold settled at $1,324 an ounce.

Good hunting!

G.

Opening Market Overview

GBP Claimant Count Change -27.6K -18.3K -24.0K

GBP MPC Asset Purchase Facility Votes 0-0-9 0-0-9 0-0-9

GBP MPC Official Bank Rate Votes 0-0-9 0-0-9 0-0-9

GBP Unemployment Rate 7.2% 7.1% 7.1%

GBP Average Earnings Index 3m/y 1.1% 0.9% 0.9%

German 10-y Bond Auction 1.64|1.1 1.77|1.8

CHF ZEW Economic Expectations 28.7 36.4

CAD Wholesale Sales m/m -1.4% -0.5% 0.0%

USD Building Permits 0.94M 0.98M 0.99M

USD PPI m/m 0.2% 0.2% 0.4%

USD Core PPI m/m 0.2% 0.2% 0.3%

USD Housing Starts 0.88M 0.95M 1.00M