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Morning!

In the US last night, the Dow finished down 53.42 at 18,400.88 the Nasdaq down 9.77 at 5,213.22 and the S&P 500 down 5.17 at 2,170.95.

In Asia, the Nikkei was recently up 13.51 points at 16,900.74 - the Hang Seng up 146.80 at 23,123.68.

WTI crude oil traded at $44.70 a barrel and Brent at $47.04.

Gold settled at $1,306.90 an ounce.

Trade well and prosper!

The Papers

Good morning!

Opening Market Summary

The £ riding high after the news .............

UK's manufacturing PMI surprises higher - Markit

UK's manufacturing purchasing managers' index surged to a 10-month high of 53.3 in August, smashing forecasts for 49.1 and surpassing July's 48.2, data from Markit/CIPS UK showed.

Sterling soared 0.83% to $1.3247, but still remains well below the levels seen prior to the non-binding Brexit referendum on June 23. Additionally, the data helped sterling make solid inroads on commodity currencies.

--------------------------- Pound v Dollar ----------------------------------------------------------- Pound v Euro ------------------

That's a very interesting piece of data and is going to cause scratching of heads for some.

Builders are flying.

A slight rise in Euro Bond rates :-

Spanish 10-y Bond Auction 1.10|2.1 1.06|1.9

French 10-y Bond Auction 0.26|2.1 0.19|2.8

THE INSIGHT ECONOMY

USD ISM Manufacturing PMI 49.4 52.0 52.6