Director Dealings - Tuesday 31 July 2007

3i Group PLC (III)3i Group PLC (III)Aberdeen Asset Mngmt (ADN)Addax Petroleum Corp (AXC)Alliance & Leicester (AL.)Ashtead Group PLC (AHT)BTG PLC (BGC)Bank of Ireland(Gov) (BKIR)Cable & Wireless PLC (CW.)Celsis International (CEL)Chloride Group PLC (CHLD)Chloride Group PLC (CHLD)Coffee Republic PLC (CFE)Compass Group PLC (CPG)Cranswick PLC (CWK)Cranswick PLC (CWK)Cranswick PLC (CWK)Cranswick PLC (CWK)Cranswick PLC (CWK)Elec & Gen Inv Tst (ENG)Findlay Park Fund

Fuller,Smith&Turner (FSTA)GSH Group PLC (GSH)General Elec. (GEC)General Elec. (GEC)General Elec. (GEC)GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK)HMV Group PLC (HMV)HMV Group PLC (HMV)Hamworthy plc (HMY)Invista Fndtn Prop (IFD)Invista Fndtn Prop (IFD)Johnson Matthey PLC (JMAT)Jubilee Platinum PLC (JLP)Julius Baer Hldg Ltd (JUB)Julius Baer Hldg Ltd (JUB)Kewill Systems PLC (KWL)Lazard World Alt ValLiDCO Group Plc (LID)Lombard Medical Tech (LMT)MM Institutional Fnd

Manpower Soft. PLC (MNS)Meggitt PLC (MGGT)Next PLC (NXT)Northern Rock PLC (NRK)Northern Rock PLC (NRK)Paragon Grp Of Co's (PAG)Pearson PLC (PSON)Renold PLC (RNO)Renova Energy plc (RVA)Rolls-Royce Grp Plc (RR.)Smith (DS) PLC (SMDS)Trinity Capital PLC (TRC)United Utilities PLC (UU.)United Utilities PLC (UU.)United Utilities PLC (UU.)Vega Group PLC (VEG)Warner Estate Hldgs. (WNER)Wolseley PLC (WOS)Wood Group (John)PLC (WG.)Zetar PLC (ZTR)

Morning all. Market reports:

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

NIKKEI	AUSTRALIA	SHANGHAI	HANG SENG

OUTLOOK Mondi maiden H1 pretax profit seen at 161 mln eur helped by tight marketOUTLOOK Prudential H1 operating profit seen up 18 pctOUTLOOK Cadbury H1 sales at top of 4-6 pct range; underlying margins downOUTLOOK HBOS H1 profit seen 10.2 pct higherThomson Financial Europe AM at a glance share guide: Stocks mixed, oil upTFN economic and business calendar

TFN UK calendar and forecasts for today

Australian finance minister assures Macquarie Bank investors after share dive

London shares outlook - Sharply lower as scary roller coaster ride continues

Morning all.

BROKERWATCH HSBC upgraded to 'buy' vs 'hold' by Citigroup, target to 1,050pThomson Financial UK at a glance share guide

Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently down 377.91 points at 16,870.98, while
the Hang Seng ended the morning down 767.10 points at 22,417.84.

Crude oil for September delivery fell as much as 25 cents to $77.96 a barrel, after
finishing at a record high $78.21 on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Happy trading!

G.

PS Today marks three years of me creating this daily thread. I'd like to thank you
all for making it worthwhile and engaging. Good hunting!

Tokyo shares close sharply lower on fresh concerns over US credit woes

Greystone - many thanks for the three years of creating the thread.

BROKERWATCH Pearson upgraded to 'hold' vs 'sell' by ABN Amro

The Wednesday Press Roundup

BROKERWATCH Impresa cut to 'reduce' from 'neutral' at UBSAustralian shares close sharply lower as Macquarie plunges on US subprime woes

First Day of Dealings

Australian shares close sharply lower on subprime woes - UPDATEUK smallcap opening - Northwest Biotherapeutics drops on patent dispute

Tokyo shares close sharply lower on fresh concerns over US credit woes - UPDATEUK smallcap opening - SiRViS IT up on nominated adviser, broker appointment

Greystone - thank you for your efforts here, much appreicated, always my first port of call every day.

Kyoto - thank you too for your extraordinary efforts, I have never been so well briefed.

UK smallcap opening - FuturaGene edges up on Forage Genetics deal