Thursday morning markets – as published in The Week
Asian markets are up this morning, following a strong performance on Wall Street overnight and a surge in the price of copper.
Supply problems in Venezuela have helped push oil prices higher, and gold edged down slightly despite a weakening US dollar.
Nikkei: 22,846.89, up 0.98%
Hang Seng: 31,403.75, up 0.46%
Dow:25,146.39, up 1.40%
Dollar: £1 = $1.3436, up 0.19%
Euro: £1 = €1.1385, down 0.40%
Brent crude: $75.90, up 0.72%
Gold: $1,297.02, down 0.01%
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