Firstly we have seen the Nationwide House price index survey show a surprise bounce as the average house price rose 1.2% in May- this is the strongest monthly gain for 19 months.

Although this is a good indicator that the severe downturn in the property market may be bottoming out- Nationwide noted that it is still too early to call as unemployment is still rising and credit conditions remain tight.

In the wider markets we have seen more leveraging into Oil and Gold which both rose sharply- Gold is closing in on $1,000/oz again and Oil has hit a new 6 month high above $65 a barrel.

This morning we also saw German retail sales rise unexpectedly in April by 0.5%- a hopeful sign for the German economy to curb the sharp contraction in recent GDP data witnessed in the Q1.

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