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STOCKS: This is the last trading day of Q3, in September we saw the Nikkei rally

to 2-Year highs but we today see a second day of losses so far for the Nikkei

225 down 58.07 at 20305.04 coming into the lunch break, still hovering around

its highest levels. Stocks have this month been mixed, they are under intense

geo-political tensions and pressure, the dollar is strong, the Fed speakers this

week have all given hawkish remarks on rate hikes and Pres. Trump announced tax

cuts in the tax reform. 

- The Hang Seng index is currently up around 70pts leading into the Chinese

holiday 'The Mid-Autumn Festival,' this is a week long holiday and this has

brought optimism to the market with 'consumer staples' being the best fairing

sector. Ahead of 'Labour Day' on Monday for Aus the nation seems to be taking a

day off, the ASX 200 is up but mildly by around 5pts. Hong Kong is also on

holiday on Monday for 'The Day After National Day' so that will be a quiet day

for stocks.

- US and European stocks ended the overnight session mixed, the larger 4 indices

for both were up.