AFX UK at a glance share guide - 2

MARKETS
FTSE 100 5,245.9, up 28.7
FTSE 250 7,541.7, up 4.5
DJIA 10,557.40, up 43.50
Nasdaq Comp 2,144.11, up 0.96
S&P 500 1,223.30, up 1.10
Tokyo: Nikkei closed at 11,764.26, up 104.42
Hang Seng midday 14,430.02, up 122.72
Gold 424.05 usd (426.65 usd)
Oil - Brent Aug 58.27 usd (58.82 usd)

BREAKING NEWS
* Blair acts on radical Muslims; 'perverted' version of Islam must be tackled; cross-party meeting to push through laws; police seek people who supported bombers - FT
* WILLIAM HILL wins legal fight over horseracing data - FT
* FIRSTGROUP criticised American bus subsidiaries - Guardian

PRESS COMMENT
FT
THE LEX COLUMN comments on MARKS & SPENCER (still too early to buy into M&S's recovery), Volkswagen, Semiconductors, Unocal - BURBERRY (look about right) - REG VARDY (slight premium to sector justified) - MORSE (should be valued closer to the 100 pence mark - analysts)
Mail
EXEL (persisting rumours of a 3.1 bln stg cash bid from Deutsche Post) - WILLIAM MORRISON (late rumour suggesting Archie Norman has had second thoughts and is now prepared to take over as boss) - MATALAN (Wal-Mart bid speculation)
Telegraph
BIOFUELS CORPORATION (dealers speculate it will announce sufficient sales contracts to commence full production at its new Teesside plant on schedule by the end of September) - PURSUIT DYNAMICS (talk that a deal, possibly with the US navy, is in the pipeline) - QUESTOR: ICAP (no longer a bargain, but still worth holding on to), ADMIRAL (too high just now), REG VARDY (worth holding)
Times
DIRECTORS' DEALINGS: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (director sells 19,380 shares at 385 pence) - TEMPUS: BURBERRY (buy), TULLOW OIL (hold), ADMIRAL (buy)
Guardian
MATALAN (buts 150,000 shares for cancellation) - BOWLEVEN (talk of upbeat institutional presentations)
Independent
COLLINS STEWART TULLETT (rumours it is in negotiations to sell its stockbroking arm to CLOSE BROTHERS) - THE INVESTMENT COLUMN: BURBERRY (hold), ICAP (we would not chase the stock at current levels)
Express
WOLSELEY (tipped for B&Q buy) - NETELLER (worries that a large chunk of founder shares will soon be offered to the market) - SHARE WHISPER: PURSUIT DYNAMICS (talk of fire-safety deals) - WHO'S DEALING: GOLDSHIELD (chief executive sells 400,000 shares at 262-1/2 pence)

Morning all.

Remember the 2 mins silence at 12.00 LSE will stop trading during that time, all in rememberence to last weeks bombing.

Morning all