Markets continue to gain as investors hope for a downshift in Fed interest rate rises, After suffering for the past year on interest rate rises Tech lead gains overnight on hopes of a dovish Fed. The Dow Jones was up 269 points (0.8%). At best it was up 271 points, and at worst it was up 7 points. The NASDAQ rose 1.76%, and the S&P 500 finished up 1.28%. In Europe, Stoxx 50 +1.04%, UK FTSE +0.4%, France's CAC +0.8%, German DAX +1.17%. SPI Futures are up 57 points (+0.80%) this morning as the US optimism spills over.

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