AFX UK at a glance share guide - 2

MARKETS
FTSE 100 5,217.2, down 25.2
FTSE 250 7,537.2, down 30.2
DJIA 10,513.90, down 5.80
Nasdaq Comp 2,143.15, up 7.72
S&P 500 1,222.20, up 2.75
Tokyo: Nikkei closed at 11,659.84, down 32.30
Hang Seng midday 14,200.55, up 53.60
Gold 426.65 usd (426.12 usd)
Oil - Brent Aug 58.82 usd (57.44 usd)

BREAKING NEWS
* Police suspect suicide attacks; authorities worried by lack of prior intelligence; suspects identified on CCTV at King's Cross station; Parliament is sealed off in fresh alert - FT
* Gulf hurricane hits giant BP platform
* Cinven sells NCP to rival private equity group 3i in a deal valuing the operator of car parks at 555 mln stg, including debt - FT
* HBOS plans 1.4 bln stg spending spree on European property - FT
* EIRCOM seeking to re-enter the mobile market more than four years after it sold its Eircell operation to VODAFONE for 3 bln stg, in what was the largest takeover of an Irish company - FT
* Auction for URBIUM effectively kicked off as it rejects a 101 mln stg cash and shares offer from REGENT INNS, saying it has been contacted by parties interested in making all-cash approaches - FT

PRESS COMMENT
FT
THE LEX COLUMN comments on MAN GROUP, Governance, Credit ratings, Alcatel (remains cheap; the trouble is that sector valuations are again almost beyond belief) - PACE MICRO TECHNOLOGY (share price starting to look full)
Times
RUMOUR OF THE DAY: GB GROUP (AGM may contain details of a substantial contract win) - DIRECTORS' DEALINGS: ULTIMATE LEISURE (chairman sells stock for the second day in a row) - CAPITA (failure to win a local authority contract raises concerns over its ability to secure new business) - SOUTH CHINA RESOURCES (murmurs it will today announce the start of drilling at its Dangfeng molybdenum project in China) - AFRICAN DIAMONDS (word that two directors have been approached for their stakes by a natural resources company that is seeking an interest of about 15 pct) - TEMPUS: MAN GROUP (buy), ANITE (pass), MCCARTHY & STONE (avoid until the outlook is clearer)
Mail
VIRGIN MOBILE (cash-rich private equity players are keeping a close watch)
Telegraph
TEPNEL LIFE SCIENCES (dealers hoping that Bio-Rad Laboratories of Hercules, the Californian-based group will launch a takeover) - QUESTOR: MCCARTHY & STONE (still better value elsewhere), BLACKS LEISURE (worth keeping in your rucksack), PACE MICRO (only for the brave, but rather tempting)
Guardian
SHIRE PHARMACEUTICALS (Jeffries International believes Dynepo will face tough competition when it is launched in Europe)
Independent
THE INVESTMENT COLUMN: PREMIER FOODS (hold), HARDY UNDERWRITING (there may still be upside in the shares), ANITE (buy for the long-term) - MICE (rumour of profits warning) - SUPERSCAPE (rumour of profits warning)

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