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US Stocks: As expected in the weekend thread computer sell programs kicked in to bring the DOW back into its longer term trend

UK House prices remained buoyant in the three months to end-November, with little sign buyers were deterred by the Bank of England's 25-basis point interest rate hike.

GKN said trading had been in line with expectations, adding that there were signs of recovery in its automotive markets in the fourth quarter.

HBOS Britain's fourth-biggest bank by assets, said it expected full-year profit to meet market consensus and said provisions for non-performing loans were in line with its expectations.Whitbread appoints new chief executive: They named Alan Parker on Tuesday as its new chief executive to replace David Thomas in June next year.

Persimmon housebuilder said trading in the second half of calendar year 2003 had been strong and it expected annual profits to come in ahead of market expectations. They also reaffirmed plans to pay a full-year dividend at least 15 percent higher than a year earlier and said demand for homes remained robust and sales rates per site remained strong, despite market commentators continuing to predict a declining housing market.

Pearson says profits on track, despite FT ad revenues down

Carpetright Britain's biggest floor covering retailer reported a 33.5 percent jump in profit to 32.3 million pounds and said like-for-like sales were up 1.8 percent at the start of its second half. Analysts had been forecasting 28-29 million pounds, excluding property profits.

Yell: Credit Suisse First Boston "outperform" rating with a price target of 350 penceNestor Healthcare: Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein says it has cut its price target on healthcare recruitment to 310 pence per share from 380p.Capita: Goldman Sachs has downgraded its rating on services company to "in-line" from "outperform" 260-270 pence per share from 300p.

Carpetright (H1) HBOS (Trading Statement) GKN (Trading Statement) Persimmon (Trading Statement)Praxair Inc stock split ex date, 2 shares for every 1 share held

00.30 Nov RICS Housing Survey, +40 exp.. 09.30 Nov RPIX y/y, 2.6% exp.. 09.30 Nov HICP y/y, 1.5% exp. 09.30 Treasury Officials Comment on Pre-Budget Report

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13.30 Nov CPI m/m, 0.1% exp. 13.30 Nov Housing Starts, 1.9m exp. 13.30 Nov Building Permits 14.15 Nov Industrial Production, 0.4% exp. 14.15 Nov Capacity Utilisation, 75.3% exp

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