The Dow managed another day of gains yesterday, it finished 20 points in the black - the Nikkei225 lost half a centuary overnight, with the Australian ASX200 finished in the red by a deficit of 20 points - as a result the out of hours US markets have been marked down slightly - the FTSE100 of UK and the Dax30 of Germany are mostly expected to start trading unchanged from yesterday's closings.