S&P Futures

US stocks rallied anew following the the Institute for Supply Management's services index for March. The index, which had been expected to come in at 61, soared instead to 65.8 from the previous month's 60.8.   Breaking News:  Autonomy win a large contract, look for a rise here. Orange shares suspended due to a court descision today.

Lastminute.com (LMC) said trading in the second quarter TTV was 10 million ahead of its expectations to 170 million pounds

Man Group (EMG) hedge fund manager said it had raised a record $805 million in client money for a new multi-currency fund to be invested in five types of hedge-fund strategies.

Bellway (BWY) house builder reported a 36 percent rise in first-half profit to 77.4 million pounds from 57.1 million a year earlier which topped analysts' forecasts and said its markets remained buoyant.TBI (TBI) the owner of Luton airport said trading in the second half had been in line with expectations as low-cost travel continues to grow

Cobham (COB) said it had bought U.S. surveillance equipment maker DTC Comms for $48 million cash, to be financed from its existing resources

BHP Billiton unveiled an $870 million plan to expand copper mining in Chile despite analysts' warnings of a looming world supply surplus later this decade

 Bellway (I), Fibernet (I), Premier Direct (I), Corin Group (F), DataCash (F).Highbury House (F), Kiln (F), Regal Petroleum (F), Wigmore Group (F), New Look Group (Trading Announcement), Last Minute.com (Update)

Man (Update), TBI (Update), Rio Tinto (AGM)

ALCOA Q1

FR Altran Technologies (F) FR GPSP Grandvision (Q1)