Hello traders!

In the US tonight, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was last up 102 points at
12,713, after earlier gaining over 120 points to a high of 12,731.

The S&P 500 rose 14 points to 1,467, reaching a six and a half year high. The
Nasdaq Composite, meanwhile, gained 22 points to 2,514.

See you in the morning with the latest....

G.

Director Dealings - Monday 16 April, 2007

AEA Technology PLC (AAT)AEA Technology PLC (AAT)Amlin plc (AML)Anglo Platinum (ANP)Atkins (WS) (ATK)BHP Billiton PLC (BLT)BRIT Ins Hldgs (BRE)Capita Group PLC (CPI)Carillion PLC (CLLN)Catlin Group Limited (CGL)Chaucer Holdings PLC (CHU)Chromogenex PLC (CGX)City of London IT (CTY)Clean Air Power Ltd (CAP)Croma Group PLC (CMG)Croma Group PLC (CMG)Diageo PLC (DGE)Elderstreet VCT PLC (EDV)GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK)

GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK)GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK)GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK)HMV Group PLC (HMV)Hammerson PLC (HMSO)Hammerson PLC (HMSO)IFG Group PLC (IFP)Inchcape PLC (INCH)Inchcape PLC (INCH)Inchcape PLC (INCH)India Star Energy (INDY)Interserve PLC (IRV)Jardine Lloyd Thmpsn (JLT)Johnson Service Grp. (JSG)Kingfisher PLC (KGF)Kirkland Lake Gold (KGI)KleenAir Systems (KSI)LMS Capital PLC (LMS)National Express (NEX)

Opsec Security Group (OSG)Powerleague Grp plc (PWR)Premier Foods plc (PFD)Premier Foods plc (PFD)Premier Foods plc (PFD)Psion PLC (PON)Psion PLC (PON)Psion PLC (PON)SIG PLC (SHI)Savills PLC (SVS)Smurfit Kappa GrpPLC (SKG)Southampton Leisure (SOO)Southampton Leisure (SOO)Tellings Golden Miller Group P (TGM)Umbro PLC (UMB)Vodafone Group Plc (VOD)Woolworths Hldgs Ld (WOWD)Xansa PLC (XAN)

Morning all. Market reports:

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

NIKKEI	AUSTRALIA	SHANGHAI	HANG SENG

OUTLOOK Debenhams FY underlying pretax profit seen up 25 pctOUTLOOK Tesco set to post record FY earnings; update on US anticipated

Asian markets summary

Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Hang Seng ended the morning down 63.32 points at 20,694.21,
while the Nikkei was recently down 141.63 points at 17,486.67.

New York Mercantile Exchange's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for
delivery in May, was at $63.61 a barrel, unchanged from its level in late trading in
the US overnight.

Happy trading!

G.

Asian economic and corporate news summary

BA. reiterated underweight - target 450 - HSBC
BATS reiterated outperform - target 1700 - Credit Suisse
BIFF upgraded to buy - target 400 - Goldman Sachs
HMSO downgraded to hold from buy - Citigroup
ITV buy - target 135 - Goldman Sachs
KAZ downgraded to neutral - HSBC
PAP initiated buy - Deutsche Bank
RIO upgraded to overweight from neutral - target 3600 from 3000 - HSBC
SKS buy - target 324 - Goldman Sachs

The Tuesday Press Roundup

CW. neutral - target 135 from 150 - Merrill Lynch
NRK - target 1100 from 1167 - Credit Suisse

STOCKWATCH Hammerson downgraded to 'hold' from 'buy' at Citigroup, tgt 18 stgSTOCKWATCH MTU Engines cut to 'neutral' from 'overweight' at JP MorganAustralian shares close lower on profit-taking

ABF reiterated buy - target 1040 from 960 - UBS
AMEC reiterated buy - target 615 from 570 - UBS

Thomson Financial UK at a glance share guide

Australian shares close lower on profit-taking - UPDATE

Tokyo shares close lower on caution ahead of corporate results next week

STOCKWATCH Tesco higher after FY results; Merrill Lynch repeats 'buy'

UK smallcap opening - Global Energy climbs on well test result

UK smallcap opening - Genesis Petroleum up on fundraising move

STOCKWATCH Rio Tinto upped to 'overweight' at HSBC; target raised to 3,650