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Morning!


In the US last night, the Dow rose 113 points to 17,904 the Nasdaq rose 26 points to 5,056 and the S&P 500 rose 12 points at 2,096.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently down 82.44 points at 20,175.50 and the Hang Seng up 89.45 points at 26,656.15.

WTI crude oil traded at $59.97 a barrel and Brent at $62.63.

Gold settled at $1,180.50 an ounce.

Trade well and prosper!

Opening Market Summary

GBP Average Earnings Index 3m/y 2.7% 2.5% 1.9%

GBP Claimant Count Change -6.5K -12.5K -6.5K

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

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

GBP Unemployment Rate 5.5% 5.5% 5.5%

Comment: Grexit

US Futures upbeat

Midday Report

Comment: ISAs and pensions;

UK savers face 10pc hit to shares if Greece exits euro

Bus driver calls police as mother tries to pay 25p of fare in pennies

Bit of a joke really, typical though. I'm 60 now so if I am unfortunate enough to actually need to take a bus no longer a problem. I can only speak about the experience of paying a bus fare in Aberdeen, no idea if this applies to the rest of the UK. If I did not in the past have the correct fare I have seen me pay over the odds because the ticket machine will not give change, robbing bastards was my first thought! So good on this lady :0)