** MORNING WRAP **

** US MARKETS **
Dow 0,14%; Nasdaq -0,28%; S&P -0,27%; Soxx -0,9%; Russel2k -0,44%; DJAIG 0,55%;
10yr Bond -0,59%; 10yr Yield 4,69%; Crude future 60,06; Gold 577,8

| Materials 0,51%| Telecom 0,2%| Energy 0,15%| Technology -0,18%| Healthcare
-0,26%| ConsDisc -0,29%| Financials -0,4%| Industrials -0,45%| ConsStaples
-0,52%| Utilities -0,68%

Third-Quarter Earnings May Show U.S. Stock Investors Underestimated Risks
- Orders for Machine Tools in U.S. Rose 2.1 Percent in August From Year Ago
- Danaher Agrees to Buy Vision Systems for $515 Million, Topping Cytyc Offer
- Crude Oil Rises After Six OPEC Members Agree to Immediate Production Cuts
- Chevron to Invest $6 Billion in Indonesian Gas Project to Expand Supplies

** ASIAN MARKETS **
Nikkei 0,08%; Kospi -2,91%; HSI -1,23%; Taiwan 1,78%; China 1,12%; India
-0,34%; Thailand -0,59%; Australia -0,34%

- Yen, Won, Asian Stocks Decline After Nuclear Weapons Test by North Korea
- Asian Stocks Tumble After North Korea’s Nuclear Test; Samsung, Hynix Slump
- Goldman May More Than Double Profit From Stake in China’s Industrial Bank
- China Probably Posted $14.4 Billion Trade Surplus, the ThirdBiggest Ever
- LG.Philips May Post Industry’s Heaviest Loss for Second Quarter on Screens
- Reliance Petroleum Aims to Borrow $2 Billion, 33 Percent More Than Planned
- Thai Bonds Post Biggest Gains in More Than Two Years After Military Coup
- Quanta, Asian Technology Stocks May Rise as Windows Vista, PS3 Lift Sales

** EUROPE: IN PLAY TODAY **

- EUROPEAN BANKS - Citigroup Inc. plans to buy several banks outside the U.S. to
reduce its reliance on a slow-growing domestic market, the Financial Times
said, citing an interview with Chief Executive Officer Chuck Prince. Citigroup
has considered a number of agreements in recent months with banks in Taiwan,
Turkey, Central America, China and western Europe, the FT said. ``The pipeline
is filling up nicely,’’ Prince told the FT. Prince wants to increase the
proportion of non-U.S. earnings from 45 percent to 60 percent in the next few
years, the FT said.

- Aer Lingus: Ireland’s government said it opposes Ryanair Holdings Plc’s bid
for Aer Lingus because it would eliminate competition between the country’s two
dominant carriers.

- Gondola Holdings Plc: The owner of U.K. restaurant chains including
PizzaExpress accepted a 559 million-pound ($1 billion) bid from Cinven Ltd.,
less than a year after going public. The 415 pence-a-share offer is 2.3 percent
more than Gondola’s closing price Oct. 6. The London-based buyout firm said
Sept. 12 it was weighing a bid of that amount and had the backing
of the restaurant company’s top two shareholders.

-Standard Chartered Plc: Istithmar PJSC, an investment company owned by Dubai’s
ruling Maktoum family, bought an approximately a $1 billion, or 2.7 percent,
stake in Standard Chartered Plc.