NIKKEI	AUSTRALIA	SHANGHAI	HANG SENG

Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Hang Seng ended the morning down 404.71 points at 20,372.38,
while the Nikkei reached the midpoint down 254.92 points at 17,412.41.

New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in May, was
down 19 cents at $62.94 a barrel from $63.13 usd in US trading overnight.

Happy trading!

G.

OUTLOOK Reckitt Benckiser Q1 boosted by product launches, increased A&P spendOUTLOOK Prudential Q1 sales seen 4 pct lowerOUTLOOK Rio Tinto Q1 output to be affected by adverse weather at Australian opsAsian markets summaryAsian economic and corporate news summary

ABF reiterated overweight - target 1020 from 900 - Morgan Stanley
BGY equal-weight - target 580 from 480 - Lehman Brothers
BWY downgraded to hold from buy - ABN Amro
MEC target 99 from 82 - ABN Amro
SIG reiterated underweight - target 110 from 122 - Lehman Brothers
UBM target 950 from 800 - JP Morgan

BP. downgraded to neutral - target 580 - Merrill Lynch
CBRY reiterated underweight - target 600 from 540 - Credit Suisse
EXPN reiterated buy - target 672 from 651 - Goldman Sachs

NOTE TO SUBSCRIBERS: OUTLOOK Reckitt Benckiser Q1

The Thursday Press Roundup

London shares outlook - lower after mixed NY; Rio Tinto, Prudential in spotlight

Thomson Financial UK at a glance share guide

STOCKWATCH BP downgraded to 'neutral' from 'buy' at Merrill LynchTokyo shares close sharply lower on talk of Chinese interest rate hike

Australian shares close lower on China rate hike fears

STOCKWATCH Persimmon kept at 'overweight' by Bridgewell after AGM trading update

UK smallcap opening - Pentagon Protection firms on airport contract win

Australian shares close lower on China rate hike fears - UPDATE

UK smallcap opening - Adamind ticks up on assets sale completion

FTSE opens sharply lower

UK smallcap opening - Antisoma higher on Novartis deal

STOCKWATCH Rio Tinto falls on Q1 production update; Merrill repeats 'neutral'Tokyo shares close sharply lower on talk of Chinese interest rate hike - UPDATELondon shares open down; miners weigh on easing prices, weak Rio Tinto Q1 outputUK smallcap opening - Manpower Software gains as advisor buys stock

STOCKWATCH Prudential Q1 beats consensus, Goldman Sachs ups tgt to 798pUK smallcap opening - Interactive Prospect up on directors' share buying

Good morning, one for the "UPS"

UPS (Added by Master RSI on Thu 19 Apr 08:50 am)

SCR - Mid 6p
Reason - Improving share price and volume since yesterday, on a very good chart of Inverted Head and shoulders, soon ready for a breakout of the downtrend into UPTREND
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From the UPS thread yesterday..............
Noticed Last Monday the shape of an Inverted Head & shoulder pattern so I done the chart, but I was expecting to stay around the same price doing the right shoulder a bit longer before the rise