Hello traders!

In the US tonight, the Dow was up 23 points at 13,234, while the S&P500 was up
6.1 points at 1,500, crossing the key level for the first time since September 2000.

The Nasdaq Composite rose 7.2 points to 2,565.

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

G.

Director Dealings - Thursday 3 May 2007

888 Holdings plc (888)AI Claims Solutions (ACS)AIM Resources Ltd (AIMR)Alliance Boots plc (AB.)Alliance Trust PLC (ATST)Baronsmead VCT 3 PLC (BMD)Baronsmead VCT 3 PLC (BMD)Baronsmead VCT 3 PLC (BMD)Baronsmead VCT PLC (BDV)Barr(A.G.) PLC (BAG)CareCapital Grp plc (CARE)Cosalt PLC (CSLT)Eaglet Invst Trust (EIN)Finance Ireland PLC (FIRE)Foreign&Col Invest (FRCL)Glasgow Income Trust (GLS)Glasgow Income Trust (GLS)

Healthcare Locums (HLO)Helphire Group PLC (HHR)JSC Bank of Georgia (BGEO)KBC Advanced Tech (KBC)Kirkland Lake Gold (KGI)Local Shopping REIT (LSR)Local Shopping REIT (LSR)Local Shopping REIT (LSR)Morant Wright Japan (MWJ)Novo Nordisk A/S (NVOB)Persimmon Plc (PSN)Public Service Props (PSPI)Rathbone Brothers (RAT)Reckitt Benckiser (RB.)Reckitt Benckiser (RB.)Reckitt Benckiser (RB.)Reckitt Benckiser (RB.)

Reckitt Benckiser (RB.)Reckitt Benckiser (RB.)Reckitt Benckiser (RB.)Reckitt Benckiser (RB.)Rightmove PLC (RMV)SCI Entertainment (SEG)Scot.Mort Inv Tst (SMT)Shires Smaller Co's (SHD)Shires Smaller Co's (SHD)Signet Group PLC (SIG)Skyepharma PLC (SKP)Slingsby(H.C.)Plc (SLNG)St. Ives PLC (SIV)Throgmorton Tst PLC (THRG)Umbro PLC (UMB)Whitbread PLC (WTB)nCipher plc (NCH)

Morning all. Market reports:

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

NIKKEI	AUSTRALIA	SHANGHAI	HANG SENG

BROKER CALL -HSBC upgraded to 'neutral', target raised to 158 hkd -Goldman SachsOUTLOOK BG Q1 earnings seen hit by weak gas prices

Asian markets summary

Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Hang Seng ended the morning up 110.47 points at 20,792.05,
while Tokyo markets remain closed for a public holiday.

New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in June, was up
one cent at $63.20 a barrel from $63.19 in late US trades overnight.

Happy Friday!

G.

Asian economic and corporate news summary

The Friday Press Roundup

CSR buy - target 10000 - Merrill Lynch
BT.A buy - target 325 - Citigroup
NXT buy - target 2750 - Deutsche Bank
TNN reiterated overweight - target 290 from 250 - Morgan Stanley
TOMK sell - target 250 - Goldman Sachs
TOMK reiterated underweight - JP Morgan
ULVR upgraded to buy from hold - target 2550 from 2130 - Citigroup
WMH upgraded to overweight from equal-weight - Morgan Stanley

STOCKWATCH Hanson upgraded to 'neutral' from 'sell' at Goldman SachsSTOCKWATCH William Hill upped to 'overweight' by Morgan StanleyThomson Financial UK at a glance share guide

Morning all. Have a great Bank Holiday weekend.
Where will BARC price go today? I think DOWN but we will have to wait and see!!

LOG downgraded to hold from buy - target 190 - Deutsche Bank

Druid - for what it's worth 'analysts and traders' quoted in this morning's market reports seem to think that Barclays won't get ABN, so it will support the share price. The thinking is that if unsuccessful, they will be vulnerable to a bid. There's a rumour going around that Bank of America are in London today to try and talk to them. JP Morgan have this to say about the situation.

Australian shares close at record highs on resources

BSY reiterated buy - target 680 from 630 - ABN Amro

STOCKWATCH Barclays, ABN Amro kept 'neutral' at JP Morgan, after LaSalle rulingSTOCKWATCH Millennium & Copthorne target raised to 650p vs 430 by Morgan Stanley

Australian shares close at record highs on resources - UPDATE

STOCKWATCH BG Q1 beats hopes, but dealers say most good news already priced in

UK smallcap opening - fountains higher on bullish update