Whoops! Nearly forgot I said we would start the day's thread the evening before... ;-)

Looks like a lot more in store Tuesday with the likes of TSCO, HMV, SAB, RIO in the frame.

I'll be up early to catch the news.....

Happy trading!

G.

Good morning traders!

Asian markets all negative this morning. The Nikkei closed down 63.84 points at 11,423.26 and the Hang Seng was last down 55.96 points at 13,565.69.

INTERTEK UPGRADED TO 'BUY' FROM 'HOLD' BY CITIGROUP SMITH BARNEY

GROUP 4 SECURICOR DOWNGRADED TO 'SELL' FROM 'HOLD' BY CITIGROUP SMITH BARNEY

DAVIS SERVICE GROUP CUT TO 'HOLD' FROM 'BUY' BY CITIGROUP SMITH BARNEY

BAT UPGRADED TO 'OVERWEIGHT' FROM 'EQUAL-WEIGHT' BY LEHMAN BROTHERS

GALLAHER DOWNGRADED TO 'UNDERWEIGHT' FROM 'EQUAL-WEIGHT' BY LEHMAN BROTHERS

TESCO UK SALES RISE 12.1 PCT, UP 9.3 PCT LIKE-FOR-LIKE

CLINTON CARDS LIKE FOR LIKE SALES 48 WEEKS TO JAN 2 UP 2 PCT

HMV 5 WEEKS TO JAN 8 HMV UK & IRELAND LIKE-FOR-LIKE SALES UP 4.3 PCT

WYEVALE GARDEN CENTRES LIKE-FOR-LIKE SALES IN 27 WEEKS TO JAN 2 UP 2.7 PCT

COOKSON sees FY pretax pre-ex in line with mkt forecasts, up sharply yr/yr

BLACKS LEISURE 20 WKS TO JAN 15 LFL RETAIL SALES UP 9.4 PCT, TOTAL UP 16.4

LOGICACMG SEES 2004 RESULTS IN LINE WITH FORECAST AFTER AS-EXPECTED H2

Morning all.

Morning all

Morning all. Snow on Snowdon and the welsh hills this morning.

Cable firms NTL and Telewest have both launched video-on-demand services as the battle between satellite and cable TV heats up.