Hello traders!

A roller-coaster ride in the US saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average close up
57.44 points at 12,133.40. Earlier it fell by over 130 points as it broke below the
12,000 level for the first time in four months.

The S&P500 closed up 9.22 points at 1,387.17, while the Nasdaq Composite gained
21.17 points to 2,371.74.

See you in the morning with the next episode....

G.

Director Dealings - Wednesday 14 March, 2007

AMCO Corporation PLC (ARP)Alliance & Leicester (AL.)Alliance & Leicester (AL.)Alliance & Leicester (AL.)Alliance Trust PLC (ATST)Alliance Trust PLC (ATST)Allied Irish Banks (ALBK)Amvescap PLC (AVZ)Ashley House PLC (ASH)BRIT Ins Hldgs (BRE)British Am. Tobacco (BATS)British Am. Tobacco (BATS)British Am. Tobacco (BATS)Cadbury Schweppes Plc (CBRY)Capita Group PLC (CPI)Carpetright PLC (CPR)Catlin Group Limited (CGL)County Contact Cntrs (CUY)Crest Nicholson PLC (CRST)

DRS Data & Research (DRS)Domino Printing (DNO)Elan Corporation PLC (ELA)Gallaher Group Plc (GLH)GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK)Go-Ahead Group PLC (GOG)Greggs PLC (GRG)HBOS PLC (HBOS)HSBC Holdings PLC (HSBA)Imp. Chemical Inds. (ICI)Interactive World (ITW)Iona Tech. PLC (IRS) (IOND)Jupiter Sec SplitTst (JSS)Lionore Mining International L (LOR)Logicacmg Plc (LOG)Micro Focus Intl plc (MCRO)Micro Focus Intl plc (MCRO)Micro Focus Intl plc (MCRO)

Morgan Sindall PLC (MGNS)RHM plc (RHM)Rathbone Brothers (RAT)Real Affinity PLC (RAF)Rio Tinto (RIO)Royal Bk Scot.Grp. (RBS)SABMiller PLC (SAB)SABMiller PLC (SAB)Schroders PLC (SDR)Serco Group Plc (SRP)Spectris Plc (SXS)Stagecoach Group PLC (SGC)Telecom Plus PLC (TEP)Tell Fund (The)Utilico Emerg Mkts (UEM)Wincanton Plc (WIN)Xansa Plc (XAN)Yell Group plc (YELL)

Morning all. Market reports:

Telegraph
Telegraph (Bloomberg summary)
The Times
FT
The Guardian
The Independent
This is Money

NIKKEI	AUSTRALIA	SHANGHAI	HANG SENG

OUTLOOK Prudential FY profit seen up 6.5 pctOUTLOOK Morrison CEO to reveal outcome of strategic review alongside FY numbersOUTLOOK Aegis's row with Bollore to eclipse FY resultsOUTLOOK Kazakhmys FY profits to soar on high copper pricesOUTLOOK British Airways faces EU court ruling on 6.8 mln eur UK cartel fineOUTLOOK Bayer seen posting strong FY results on robust HealthCare performanceAsian markets summary

Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Nikkei has closed 183.50 points higher at 16,860.39, while the
Hang Seng finished the morning up 158.14 points at 18,995.07.

New York's main oil contract, light sweet crude for April delivery, was up 20 cents
at $58.36 a barrel from $58.16 in late US trade.

Happy trading!

G.

Tokyo shares close higher, buoyed by Wall St rebound, softer yen

STOCKWATCH BSkyB cut to 'equal-weight' from 'overweight' by Lehman Brothers

BA. upgraded to buy from hold - Citigroup
EXPN upgraded to hold from sell - Citigroup

STOCKWATCH BAE Systems upgraded to 'buy' from 'hold' by Citigroup

Tokyo shares close higher, buoyed by Wall St rebound, softer yen - UPDATE

AU. upgraded to buy from hold - Citigroup
ERM initiated at add - 650 target - Dresdner Kleinwort
GPRT upgraded to overweight from neutral - target 335 - HSBC

STOCKWATCH SABMiller upgraded to 'neutral' from 'reduce' at UBS

AFX UK at a glance share guide

Morning all.

STOCKWATCH Experian Group upgraded to 'hold' from 'sell' at Citigroup

STOCKWATCH Prudential affirmed 'neutral' at UBS after review, FY

STOCKWATCH Bayer higher after FY results impressSTOCKWATCH F&C Asset Mgmt posts fall in FY profit; Altium downgrades to 'sell'UK smallcap opening - Stilo notches up gains on first FY profit

STOCKWATCH Morrison opens higher as FY results please, Citigroup 'buy'FTSE opens brightly higher UK smallcap opening - Intelligent Environments ahead on building society deal

UK smallcap opening - Deltex Medical perks up positive outlookLondon shares open higher as Cadbury rejig adds to US and Asian rebound