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FTSE / DOW YTD

Morning!


In the US last night, the Dow lost 37 points to 18,068 the Nasdaq lost 18 points to 4,976 and the S&P 500 lost 6 points at 2,099.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently up 99.57 points at 19,724.64 and the Hang Seng up 58.88 points at 27,466.06.

WTI crude oil traded at $60.75 a barrel and Brent at $66.86.

Gold settled at $1192.60 an ounce.

Trade well and prosper!

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6:30am

CNY Industrial Production y/y 5.9% 6.1% 5.6%

CNY Fixed Asset Investment ytd/y 12.0% 13.6% 13.5%

CNY Retail Sales y/y 10.0% 10.4% 10.2%

EUR French Prelim GDP q/q 0.6% 0.4% 0.1%

Opening Market Summary

Bank of England cuts growth outlook, backs market's view on rates

Midday Market Summary

USD Core Retail Sales m/m 0.1% 0.4% 0.4%

USD Retail Sales m/m 0.0% 0.3% 0.9%

USD Import Prices m/m -0.3% 0.3% -0.3%

Closing Market Summary