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FTSE / DOW YTD

Morning!


In the US last night, the Dow rose 221 points to 17,195, the Nasdaq rose 17 points to 4,566 and the S&P 500 gained 13 points at 1,995.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently up 659.68 points at 16,317.88 and the Hang Seng up 298.27 points at 24,000.31.

WTI crude oil traded at $81.12 a barrel and Brent at $86.24.

Gold settled at $1,198.10 an ounce.

Trade well and prosper!

The FTSE is currently on offer @6540.5 - 6545.5, close was 6463.55.

Quiz of the week's news

A worrying 5 / 7.

German Retail Sales m/m -3.2% -0.8% 1.5%

French Consumer Spending m/m -0.8% -0.3% 0.7%

Nikkei jumps to 7-year high after BOJ's policy shock, GPIF hopes

Morning all.

Morning splat, long time no hear :0)

Opening Market Summary

Gold at 4-year low

Midday Report

CAD GDP m/m -0.1% 0.0% 0.0%

USD Core PCE Price Index m/m 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%

USD Employment Cost Index q/q 0.7% 0.6% 0.7%

USD Personal Spending m/m -0.2% 0.2% 0.5%

USD Personal Income m/m 0.2% 0.3% 0.3%

(BREAKING NEWS: Dow futures are up 198 points, or 1.2%, in pre-market trading as Wall Street reacts to fresh stimulus measures from the Bank of Japan designed to boost growth and fend off inflation in Japan.)

USA Today

Dow Futures

Chicago PMI 66.2 60.2 60.5

South Africa gold stocks at 13-year low

Closing Market Summary