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Morning!


In the US last night, the Dow rose 76 points to 17,077, the Nasdaq rose 18 points to
4,557 and the S&P 500 gained 10 points at 1,998.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently down 79.74 points at 15,533.51 and the Hang Seng down 39.97 points at 25,126.94.

WTI crude oil traded at $93.35 a barrel and Brent at $102.68.

Gold settled at $1,277.30 an ounce.

Live long and prosper!

Morning Market Summary

GBP BBA Mortgage Approvals 42.8K 44.2K 43.3K

Midday Report

USD Core Durable Goods Orders m/m -0.8% 0.5% 1.9%

USD Durable Goods Orders m/m 22.6% 7.8% 1.7%

I wonder if someone could do me a favour as I only have free access at the moment.

Is Ruth still around on the traders thread? This place used to be my life and living for many years but I've lost touch and only in the last few months have I renewed my interest in shares.

Many thanks

She hasn't posted for ages - you could try the MAM message system to contact her.

Link here

Thanks Skinny. I'll do that. Ruth used to organise a "traders meeting" - i.e. drinking in Manchester once a month. I was wondering if it was still going on but I guess her lack of posts probably answers my question.

Ex-divs to take 2.05 points off FTSE 100 on Aug 27

USD Richmond Manufacturing Index 12 8 7

USD CB Consumer Confidence 92.4 89.1 90.9

Quite a recovery by the DAX in August.

Didn't know the Telegraph gets its charts from MAM.

Here

Closing Market Summary