London shares - closing features

FTSE 100 risers
Xstrata 938 up 14
WMC bid situation
Enterprise Inns 659 up 6-1/2
Results due Tuesday' smoking ban fears overdone
Corus Group 55-1/4 up 1/2
Nissan highlights steel shortages in Japan
Smith & Nephew 539 up 4-1/2
Lehman reiterates 'overweight' & ups target to 620 pence from 580
United Utilities 562 up 3
Recent interims
Rexam 461-1/4 up 4-1/2
Contract win

FTSE 100 fallers
William Hill 513 down 14-1/2
Cazenove reiterates 'underperform'
AMVESCAP 324-3/4 down 2-1/4
Weaker market trend
Dixons 149-1/4 down 3/4
Tesco competition worries
Johnson Matthey 1,024 down 8-1/2
'Hold' from 'buy' - Citigroup; 'neutral' from 'overweight' - JP Morgan
Anglo American 1,273 down 5
'Underweight' from 'neutral' - JP Morgan
Barclays 543 down 2
Soc Gen 'sell'; Morgan Stanley 'underweight' with 520p target; press comment
Shell 447-1/4 down 1
New reserves fears
Tesco 305-1/2 down 3-1/4
Finance director exercises options & sells; 'looks pricey' - Financial Times

FTSE 250 risers
Stagecoach 95-1/4 up 1-1/4
Interims due Dec 8
TR Property Investment Trust 126 up 1/2
Interims
Brambles Industries 2710 up 3/4
Merrill Lynch 'buy'
SSL International 297-1/2 up 16
Smith & Nephew bid speculation
AWG 752-1/2 up 17-1/2
Morgan Stanley upgrades to 'overweight'
Viridian Group 700-1/2 up 11
Goldman Sachs ups ests yesterday
London Stock Exchange 413-1/2 up 8-1/2
Deutsche Borse merger speculation
Halfords 299 up 1-3/4
Citigroup 'buy' with 325 pence target
Investec 1,467 up 53
Bridgewell Securities reiterates 'overweight'

FTSE 250 fallers
Jardine Lloyd 366 down 94
FY profits warning
Benfield 264-1/2 down 3-3/4
With Jardine
Wellington Underwriting 80 down 1/2
With Jardine
Evolution Group 140 down 3-3/4
Recent client profit warnings
Lonmin 937 down 35
Dresdner Kleinwort, Williams de Broe & Numis turn negative
Lastminute 101 down 3-1/4
Q4 forecasts missed yesterday
Big Food Group 87-1/2 down 1/2
Baugur bid doubts
Topps Tiles 207-1/4 down 3/4
FY results due Monday
WH Smith 296-1/4 down 14-3/4
Numis 'sell'
Westbury 376-3/4 down12-1/2
'Underperform' - Seymour Pierce
Pennon 890 down 2
Morgan Stanley downgrades to 'underweight'

Other risers
QXL Ricardo 671 up 193-1/2
Tiger Acquisition makes agreed 700 pence a share cash offer
Arlington Group 43-1/2 up 5
Buqer interims; upbeat statement
Malcolm Group 96 up 11
Possible management offer
Stanelco 6.25 up 0.25
New product
Homestyle Group 127-1/2 up 6
Reportedly attracting private-equity interest
Asia Energy 515 up 42-1/2
Drilling update
Cardiff Property 785 up 22-1/2
Year-end NAV up 15 pct; results
Connaught 477-1/2 up 4
Investors Chronicle 'buy'
Ten Alps Communications 47-1/2 up 1-1/2
Solid interims; upbeat statement

Other fallers
Courts 14-3/4 down 13-3/4
Debt worries
Baltimore 11-3/4 down 3-3/4
To quit London stock market
Yoomedia 19-1/2 down 3-1/2
Plans placing to fund acquisitions
Gaskell 9-1/2 down 2
Warns on second half
Vianet Group 5.62 down 0.63
Sales warning
Fuller Smith Turner 'A' 717-1/2 down 18-1/2
Profit-taking after interims; Arbuthnot, Panmure downgrade
Oakdene Homes 81-1/2 down 6
Bid for Honeygrove yesterday

The BLM story this week should be a salutory lesson to all..............there's a time to sell!

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