AFX UK at a glance share guide - 2

MARKETS
FTSE 100 4,892.4, down 17.9
FTSE 250 6,744.9, down 45.1
DJIA 10,281.10, down 103.20
Nasdaq Comp 1,962.77, down 16.90
S&P 500 1,166.20, down 12.65
Tokyo: Nikkei closed at 11,120.70, down 38.76
Hang Seng midday 13,933.45, down 84.93
Gold 427.70 usd (426.10 usd)
Oil - Brent June 51.43 usd (51.29 usd)

BREAKING NEWS
* Buy-to-let sales crackdown; property investors to be protected from get-rich-quick schemes; government to ask High Court to close six companies - FT
* Denmark's AP Moller-Maersk in talks about a possible takeover of Royal P&O Nedlloyd, which would reshape the shipping industry - FT
* ANGLO AMERICAN in advanced talks to buy a stake in Shenhua Energy ahead of a planned 3 bln usd overseas listing by China's largest coal producer - FT
* Abbey National to cut 1,000 more jobs as new mortgage lending continues to be tough - FT
* Britain's biggest property developers planning to build 34 mln sq ft of new shopping centres - equivalent to 22 Bluewaters - despite a bloodbath on the high street - Times
* Rail chiefs ban MOWLEM from renewal projects on Britain's railway system until the company can prove it has improved management and working practices - Independent

PRESS COMMENT
FT
THE LEX COLUMN comments on BG (there is no getting away from the deteriorating industry environment), Banco Santander/Abbey, Protectionism, EDF/Edison - SAGE (shares look like they have some more upward momentum left) - BIG YELLOW (shareholders may be wise to take profit for now)
Mail
TOREX RETAIL (German order)
Telegraph
CADBURY SCHWEPPES (dealers speculate that Hershey could be linking up with a private equity group to launch a bid) - QUESTOR: BG GROUP (hold), ACAMBIS (might be worth a gamble), C&C GROUP (worth hanging on to)
Times
DIRECTORS' DEALINGS: TELECITY (chairman sells stock for 487,500 stg) - RUMOUR OF THE DAY (SCOTTISH RADIO HOLDINGS (EMAP mop-up speculation) - TEMPUS: SAGE (worth buying), JESSOPS (avoid), ATH RESOURCES (buy)
Express
SHARE WHISPER: EIRCOM (worries about increased competition after the sale of NTL's Irish cable asset) - WHO'S DEALING: KNOWLEDGE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS (chief executive pays 8,775 stg for 250,000 shares at 3.51 pence)
Independent
THE INVESTMENT COLUMN: ACAMBIS (seems likely the shares will get cheaper yet), N BROWN (still a sell), JESSOPS (avoid)
Guardian
DAT GROUP (rumours of a significant contract) - ITV (concerns that slowing consumer spending is starting to affect demand for advertising)

Morning All,

Seems a reasonable time to trade again. RIO at 16.27p.