Hello traders!

In the US tonight, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 81.96 points to 11,317.43, the best closing level since May 2001.

The Nasdaq Composite rose 9.12 points to 2,303.35 and the S&P500 gained 7.81 points to 1,305.04.

See you in the morning with updates.......

G.

Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Nikkei closed down 6.11 points at 16,489.37, while the Hang Seng hit midway up 52.85 points at 15,695.66.

New York's main oil contract, light sweet crude for delivery in May, was up 57 cents at $62.34 a barrel from its close of $61.77 in the US overnight.

Early broker notes:

BARRATT DEVELOPMENTS UPGRADED TO 'HOLD' VS 'SELL' AT DEUTSCHE BANK
Stanley Leisure cut to 'sell' at Merrill after UK budget changes
WOOLWORTHS CUT TO 'SELL' VS 'HOLD' AT DEUTSCHE BANK

Happy trading!

G.

Morning all.

Where are you Littlewoman,not seen you posting for a while.
Hope your spread betting is going well.
Regards.

porky,lw has been using the Traders Room for the last couple of weeks !!!

Mega...

long more MNKS @288 s/l on

Morning All,

CPI situation looks Interesting a what?

Midday Market Summary

DES are on the move up

INN

bouncing from lows after large volume yesterday and directors buy

End-of-day Market Summary

           JOKE OF THE DAY

Night Drinkers
Three vampires go into a bar.
The bartender walks up to the first one and says, "What can I get you?"
The vampire says, "I want a pint of blood."

The bartender then asks the second vampire,
and he too replies that he would like a pint of blood.

The bartender then asks the third vampire for his drink order.
The vampire says, "I want a pint of plasma."

The bartender thinks for a minute and says,
"Let me see if I've got this right.
That's two bloods and a blood light?"