Director Dealings - Monday 26 February, 2007

ABB Ltd (ANN)Aberdeen New Thai IT (ANW)Amvescap PLC (AVZ)Amvescap PLC (AVZ)Amvescap PLC (AVZ)Autologic Holdings (ALG)BP PLC (BP.)BP PLC (BP.)BP PLC (BP.)Bradford&Bingley PLC (BB.)British Airways PLC (BAY)British Am. Tobacco (BATS)Cable & Wireless PLC (CW.)Cadbury Schweppes (CBRY)Charles Stanley Grp (CAY)DSG Int. PLC (DSGI)De La Rue PLC (DLAR)Discover Leisure PLC (DISL)General Elec. (GEC)

General Elec. (GEC)General Elec. (GEC)GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK)GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK)GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK)HBOS PLC (HBOS)Hanson PLC (HNS)Innovision Research (INN)Interco. Hotels Grp (IHG)Liberty Intl PLC (LII)Lon.Scottish Bank (LSB)Macau Prop Opp Fund (MPO)Marshall Wace CoreMartin CurriePacific (MCP)McBride PLC (MCB)McBride PLC (MCB)McInerney Hldgs PLC (MCI)Morgan Crucible Co (MGCR)

Murray Inc Trust PLC (MUT)Murray Intnl Trust (MYI)New India In Tst PLC (NII)Oak Holdings PLC (OAH)Punch Taverns PLC (PUB)Reckitt Benckiser (RB.)Royal Bk Scot.Grp. (RBS)Scot.Inv.Trust PLC (SCIN)Thorntons PLC (THT)Unilever PLC (ULVR)Venture Production (VPC)WH Smith PLC (SMWH)Witan Inv Tst PLC (WTAN)Wolfson Microelectro (WLF)Wood Group (John)PLC (WG.)Xansa PLC (XAN)Yell Group plc (YELL)nCipher plc (NCH)

Morning all. Market reports:

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This is Money

OUTLOOK Standard Chartered FY profit seen up 18 pctAustralian shares close lower on profit taking, stocks going ex-dividend -UPDATEAsian markets summary

Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Nikkei closed down 95.43 points at 18,119.92, while the Hang Seng ended the morning down 243.61 points at 20,264.34.

New York Mercantile Exchange's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in April, had advanced by 20 cents to $61.59 a barrel from $61.39 in late trading in the US overnight.

Happy trading!

G.

Tokyo shares close lower on profit-taking; energy stocks up on oil spike

STOCKWATCH Reuters upgraded to 'outperform' from 'neutral' by Credit Suisse

Sports Direct Intl. (SPD) - Announcement of Offer Price

STOCKWATCH Cairn Energy seen opening up after announcing 481 mln stg cash return

UK small caps open sharply lower as wider market hit by fears on tax on minersUK smallcap opening - Macro 4 adrift on lower H1 profits

AFX NEWS BRIEFING: TMT highlights to 09:10 GMTAFX NEWS BRIEFING: Pharmaceuticals and chemicals highlights to 09:10 GMTAFX NEWS BRIEFING: Aerospace and transportation highlights to 09:10 GMT

AFX NEWS BRIEFING: Consumer and retailing highlights to 09:15 GMTAFX NEWS BRIEFING: Oil and utilities highlights to 09:15 GMTAFX NEWS BRIEFING: Banking and insurance highlights to 09:15 GMT

STOCKWATCH Standard Chartered slips after mixed FY results, DK repeats 'reduce'London shares open lower as US growth fears, heavyweight miners weigh UPDATEAFX NEWS BRIEFING: Mergers and acquisitions highlights to 09:20 GMTMetals - LME inventory data (Tuesday)

STOCKWATCH Pali International initiates on DSG International with 'buy'

STOCKWATCH Scottish & Southern lower as Cazenove cuts to 'underperform'

AFX NEWS BRIEFING: Macroeconomics highlights to 10:10 GMT

Asian bourse roundup

London shares - mid-morning features

STOCKWATCH Miners down sharply as geopolitics, SAfrica windfall tax, China weigh

WIL - Looks set to breakout through 260 IMHO ahead of results this Thursday.

Metals - Gold edges lower but sentiment remains firmly upbeat