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Morning!

In the US last night, the Dow finished up 34 at 16,899 the Nasdaq up 13 at 4,703 and the S&P 500 up 8 at 1,986.

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently up 142.55 points at 16,889.53 - the Hang Seng was down 107.51 points at 19,895.98.

WTI crude oil traded at $34.66 a barrel and Brent at $36.93.

Gold settled at $1,241.10 an ounce.

Trade well and prosper!

The Papers

If Britain leaves the EU, France says to let migrants go to Britain - FT

UK house price growth accelerates in February, Nationwide says

Halifax HPI m/m -1.4% 0.1% 1.7%

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BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION

Midday Market Summary

USD Unemployment Claims 278K 271K 272K

USD Revised Nonfarm Productivity q/q -2.2% -3.2% -3.0%

USD Revised Unit Labor Costs q/q 3.3% 4.8% 4.5%

USD ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI 53.4 53.2 53.5

USD Factory Orders m/m 1.6% 2.1% -2.9%

Skinny have you heard about bad economic news from Brazil today at all?

Stan :-

Brazil's economy shrank 3.8% in 2015

Brazil economy tumbles in 2015 with no signs of prompt recovery

Ah yes thanks Skinny I new I wasn't dreaming -):

EU referendum: Hollande warns of UK exit 'consequences'

Brexit would hurt UK economy, may lead to sterling crisis - Reuters poll

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