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renault. caroline: we are taking stock after the slight pause in the rally in the u.s. yesterday. we are seeing the u.s. s00 faltering yesterday, down 4/10 of a percent. , especiallycky road in context with the rally we have seen, the longest since december. a rally of 5.6%. we are coming off of those highs. futures are starting to point a little bit higher for the u.s.. digest thewill still effect of a no fed hike this year. many feel the probability will be 2016. japan holds still in terms of its central bank stimulus. optimistnot all of the -- optimism. at the moment, let's have a look at oil. currently, the longest stretch in six months, look at the surge since october, up more than 9% for wti crude in the month of october. this is all down to inventories, apparently dropping 1.2 3 million barrels last week. that was reported before government data comes out which they -- later today. that is helping asian stocks go higher today. keep your eye on one european stock or -- stock, nokia is in talks to buy out another company. it is trying to diversify themselves away from wireless networking gear to more