Greetings everyone

While the world reels from the sad demise of Bowie financial markets care only for all things China still.

Fun and games from the PBOC as Eamonn has been reporting with traders left second guessing on a number of fronts.

Data wise today it's a quiet calendar with UK industrial and mftg production the highlight at 09.30 GMT but there's plenty of central bank speakers as Ryan previewed here

As always I wish you a good session

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