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FTSE / DOW YTD

Morning!


In the US last night, the Dow rose 39 points to 17,554 the Nasdaq rose 12 points to 4,667 and the S&P 500 gained 9 points at 2,032.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently up 35.74 points at 17,316.22 and the Hang Seng up 105.54 points at 24,458.12.

WTI crude oil traded at $47.78 a barrel and Brent at $49.03.

Gold settled at $1,293.70 an ounce.

Trade well and prosper!

Opening Market Summary

US Futures

Midday Report

An optimistic reminder :

The high for the FTSE last year was 6,904.86 on 4th September,
the previous 2 higher highs were 6,930.20 on 4th Jan 2000 and 6,950.60 on 30th December 1999.

USD Unemployment Claims 307K 301K 316K

ECB Live

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Massive QE programme for eurozone

The European Central Bank (ECB) has announced it will inject billions of euros into the ailing eurozone economy.

The ECB will purchase bonds worth €60bn per month until the end of September 2016 - far more than previously expected.

The ECB has also said eurozone interest rates are being held at the record low of 0.05%, where they have been since September 2014.

ECB president Mario Draghi said the programme would begin in March

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