good morning happy souls...

Good morning proptrade
tis a lovely day today
So who's got the biggest riser so far today then folks?

YOO 9.43%

Good stuff!!! :>)

My best one so far is RRS up 11p.

Happy people on here, makes a change from some of the long faces from yesterday! How long will it last though! No sun up here in Scotland, grey and cloudy, as always! Biggest riser is SIA, up 5p.

Good rise gavdfc!
Let's hold to positive thinking that it will last all day,
no reason why we shouldn't.
:>) (infernal optimist LOL)

Typical April day in London...sun & rain, top gainer for me BLR +16%.regards goal.

Good going goal!
Have you had the mini storm yet?
We (near LHR) just had thunder, hailstones, rain etc for about 15 mins
non-stop now it's gone and all calm and sunny! Unreal! :>)

Stockbunny, it is indeed a more positive day. My SIA now up 9.25 and the sun has appeared! :-)

i was caught in an april shower and am still smiling...AVE and EMI ticking along nicely

Seems so far a good afternoon to follow the morning then for
us all - oil and gas, rental cars and music...There could be a
joke in there somewhere but it eludes me!
LOL

Hello stockbunny, I heard the thunder & i have just had a look out the window to see whats happening, raining again...

Had a wounderful storm about 20min. ago. Another wounderful storm on my stock watch all blue this today with WGT 18.18% and YOO 11.32% being the best.

Stockbunny there is a joke in there - it WAS good of the afternoon to follow the morning, adds a touch of reality to the day I always think.

lol :)
SD
PS free for a chase later?

Oh very good Stockdog - I see your humour bone is working well today.
A chase?
Hmmm..
Maybe...
But not just yet, my stockwatch list is too exciting to leave.
;>)

Just back from work. What a nice surprise. 2 reds (hmy and ciu) and the rest all blue. Overall down 2.6% yesterday but up 1.9% today so the portfolio is looking much better. Nice recovery from YOO but NLR has some way to go....perhaps tomorrow

Wouldn't life be boring without days like these. Now where are my beta-blockers!!!

Cheers

B2B

Good news from Intel and Yahoo after hours in the US this evening, should help towards getting the markets back on track.....................

AFTER HOURS

Intel, Yahoo shares up; Avaya sinks
Juniper, Sigmatel shares rise in evening session

By Scott Banerjee, MarketWatch
Last Update: 5:40 PM ET April 19, 2005
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Intel Corp. shares gained 3% Tuesday evening as the world's largest chipmaker reported earnings that beat analysts' estimates, while Yahoo Inc. shares jumped more than 5% after it said quarterly profit doubled.



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The Nasdaq-100 After Hours Indicator, which tracks the evening action of the technology index's leading shares, rose 9.42 points to 1430.22.

Intel Corp. (INTC: news, chart, profile) traded up to $23.32 after the company reported a first-quarter profit of $2.2 billion, or 34 cents a share. Sales climbed 17% to $9.4 billion. The results beat Wall Street's expectations of 31 cents a share on revenue of $9.3 billion. See full story.

Chip equipment makers Applied Materials Inc. (AMAT: news, chart, profile) and KLA-Tencor Corp. (KLAC: news, chart, profile) , Lam Research Corp. (LRCX: news, chart, profile) and Novellus Systems (NVLS: news, chart, profile) all also moved up around in heavy after hours volume.

Yahoo Inc. (YHOO: news, chart, profile) shares popped to $34.90 after the company posted earnings of $205 million, or 14 cents per share, in the first quarter. Quarterly sales grew to $1.17 billion from $758 million.

Yahoo generated revenue of $821 million, topping analysts' expectations of $795 million and 11 cents a share. See full story.

Shares of Internet titans Google Inc. (GOOG: news, chart, profile) and eBay Inc. (EBAY: news, chart, profile) also rose more than 4% and 2%, respectively.

Avaya Inc. (AV: news, chart, profile) shares plunged nearly 18% to $8.70 after the company reported its second quarter earnings fell sharply. The company predicted that it would not meet its prior fiscal 2005 forecast. In the latest quarter, Avaya earned $36 million, or 7 cents a share. Revenue rose 21% to $1.22 billion. See full story.

Juniper Networks (JNPR: news, chart, profile) shares gained over 5% to $22.41 after reporting its first-quarter profit more than doubled to $75.4 million, or 13 cents a share. Excluding certain charges, Juniper earned 16 cents a share, beating estimates by a penny. Sales doubled to $449 million from $224 million, topping estimates of $440 million. See full story.

Sigmatel Inc. (SGTL: news, chart, profile) shares rose 7.5% to $33 after the company reported a first-quarter profit of $25.5 million, or 68 cents a share, on $99.3 million in revenue. Analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call, however, forecast a profit of 46 cents a share on $85 million in revenue.

CheckFree Corp. (CKFR: news, chart, profile) shares move up nearly 2% to $39.52 after the company said its fiscal third-quarter net profit nearly doubled to $15.6 million, or 17 cents a share. Revenue for the period that ended on March 31 rose to $191.2 million. Analysts had forecast earnings of 36 cents a share before items on revenue of $189.9 million.

Gilead Sciences Inc. (GILD: news, chart, profile) shares gained over 2% to $37 after the company reported higher-than-expected first-quarter earnings that included a substantial one-time gain for the exercising of stock warrants in Eyetech Pharmaceuticals. See full story.

Seagate Technology (STX: news, chart, profile) shares gained over 3% to $17.98 after the company reported a third-quarter profit of $229 million, or 45 cents a share, on revenue of $1.97 billion. The company beat the estimates of analysts who forecast earnings of 37 cents a share on revenue of $1.87 billion.

In afternoon trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($INDU: news, chart, profile) closed up 56.16 points to 10,127.41, while the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index ($COMPQ: news, chart, profile) gained 19.44 points to 1,932.36.


Scott Banerjee is a reporter for MarketWatch in San Francisco.

cheers GF.

Wow. What a nice day. Who's bothered about the rain. Portfolio up 2.2% NLR and SEO getting back on track. Only one red (aug) on the screen.

Cheers

B2B

Enjoy your day B2B.
:>)

What rain B2B,,its like the south of france down here in Sussex..JB..