UK smallcap opening - Sarantel up after sale & leaseback deal with Close Bros

STOCKWATCH F&C Asset Management drops 20 percent on placing talk

STOCKWATCH AB Foods lower as sector gloom offsets in line trading updateUK small caps open lower; FibreGen off on revenues warning

BDEV

Is all over the place today after the update

BROKERWATCH Experian cut to 'sell' from 'hold' by Seymour Pierce, target 335pMetals - Gold steady as volatile political tension boosts safe haven buying

STOCKWATCH Man Group higher after strong Q1 update; Merrill Lynch repeats 'buy'

STOCKWATCH Experian top FTSE 100 riser after trading update; Merrill Lynch 'buy'

WALL STREET OUTLOOK Rebound seen ahead of same-store sales, Bernanke

London shares - mid-morning features

Metals - Aluminium hits record as China's top 20 producers vow to cut output

One for the "UPS" (Added by Master RSI on Thu 10 Jul 12:00 pm)

BDEV - Mid 60.75p
Reason - After the shap mark down lately on expectations of very bad news on the forward update today the final dividend will not be paid, forward sales have been "significantly impacted", borrowing still high, but write down on land and properties are much smaller than expected

STOCKWATCH Cadbury lower as Merrill Lynch cuts to 'underperform' vs 'neutral'UK small caps down at midday; FibreGen falls as it warns on FY revenues

Midday Market Roundup

London shares - midday features

Precious Metals Summary - London AM Fixings

Thomson Financial News at a glance - UK, European broker recommendations

RPT STOCKWATCH Johnson Matthey, Umicore fall on Dow Chemical bid for Rohm & HaasSTOCKWATCH Johnson Matthey, Umicore fall on Dow Chemical bid for Rohm & Haas

FARNBOROUGH AIR SHOW OUTLOOK Oil prices, credit crunch to limit contract news

London shares - midafternoon features

RPT London shares - midafternoon features