US futures edge higherLondon shares - midday features

Midday Market Roundup

OUTLOOK - Scottish & Southern Energy FY pretax seen up by over 25 pctPrecious Metals Summary - London AM Fixings

WALL STREET OUTLOOK Higher on Nasdaq bid for OMX, Coca-Cola acquisitionOUTLOOK - UK smaller company results for 2 weeks to June 8

Metals - Copper recovers from 8-week lows after surprise drop in Shanghai stocks

        LUNCH TIME FUN

OUTLOOK - UK companies results for 2 weeks to June 8

OUTLOOK British Energy to face questions over new nuclear, profits up 62 pct

London shares - midafternoon features

Metals - Gold holds above 9 week lows as dollar weakens slightly

Precious Metals Summary - London PM Fixings

CSH 6.75 - 7.75p +0.625p

Moving higher on volume for the last few days

STOCKWATCH ITV up, speculation BSkyB to sell stake to RTL, dealers dismissive

Precious Metals Summary - London Close

End-of-day Market Roundup

Have a great weekend all.

I'll be posting up the Tuesday traders thread on Sunday and having a lazy Bank
Holiday Monday.

G.

Director Dealings - Friday 25 May 2007

Autonomy Corp PLC (AU.)Aviva PLC (AV.)BRIT Ins Hldgs (BRE)Barr(A.G.) PLC (BAG)Barratt Developments (BDEV)Barratt Developments (BDEV)Birmingham City PLC (BMC)Bovis Homes Group (BVS)Brixton PLC (BXTN)Cable & Wireless PLC (CW.)Centamin Egypt Ltd (CEY)Chaucer Holdings PLC (CHU)Communisis PLC (CMS)Communisis PLC (CMS)Corin Group PLC (CRG)DTZ Holdings PLC (DTZ)Eclectic Inv Tst PLC (ECIT)FirstGroup PLC (FGP)General Elec. (GEC)HBOS PLC (HBOS)HBOS PLC (HBOS)Hammerson PLC (HMSO)

Hammerson PLC (HMSO)Hammerson PLC (HMSO)Hammerson PLC (HMSO)Hansa Trust PLC (HAN)ICAP PLC (IAP)ISIS Prop Trust2 Ltd (IRP)Imp. Chemical Inds. (ICI)Instore PLC (INST)Kingspan Group PLC (KGP)Lloyds TSB Group PLC (LLOY)LondonStockExGroup (LSE)LondonStockExGroup (LSE)LondonStockExGroup (LSE)LondonStockExGroup (LSE)LondonStockExGroup (LSE)LondonStockExGroup (LSE)LondonStockExGroup (LSE)LondonStockExGroup (LSE)LondonStockExGroup (LSE)Modulus Europe LtdMorgan Crucible Co (MGCR)Morrison W.Sprmkts (MRW)

Norman Hay PLC (HNN)Personal Group Holdings PLC (PGH)RAB Special Sit. Co (RSS)Robert Walters PLC (RWA)Roc Oil Company Ltd (ROC)Rolls-Royce Grp Plc (RR.)Royal & Sun Alliance (RSA)Royal & Sun Alliance (RSA)Royal & Sun Alliance (RSA)Royal & Sun Alliance (RSA)Royal & Sun Alliance (RSA)Royal & Sun Alliance (RSA)Royal & Sun Alliance (RSA)Royal & Sun Alliance (RSA)SABMiller PLC (SAB)Tate & Lyle PLC (TATE)Taylor Woodrow PLC (TWOD)Tesco PLC (TSCO)Ultra Electronics (ULE)Whatman PLC (WHM)Zetex Plc (ZTX)

Friday's market reports:

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

Chris Hohn, the controversial hedge fund manager behind The Children's Investment Fund, is threatening to set up his own stockbroking firm after accusing some of the investment banks he deals with of leaking information about his trades.

He believes that investment banks use their knowledge of which shares he is buying and selling to make money for their own trading desks. Hohn claimed his fears were shared by several other major fund managers.

Hohn: banks don't keep my secrets

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