Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Hang Seng ended the morning down 512.92 points at 18,820.22,
while the Nikkei closed off 501.95 points at 16,676.89.

New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in April, was up
11 cents at $58.04 a barrel after declining 98 cents to $57.93 in late US trades overnight.

Happy trading!

G.

London shares outlook - seen down after weak session on Wall St, M&A in focus

AFX UK at a glance share guide

Morning all.

STOCKWATCH Legal & General FY beats expectations; Sanford Bernstein positiveSTOCKWATCH SABMiller downgraded by both Citigroup and Dresdner KleinwortTokyo shares close sharply lower on Wall St plunge, stronger yen - UPDATEAFX UK at a glance share guideLondon shares outlook - seen down after weak session on Wall St, M&A in focus

HMV downgraded to underperform from neutral - Credit Suisse
HMV upgraded to overweight - Lehman Brothers
HMV upgraded to neutral - HSBC
TSCO upgraded to buy from hold - target 490 - SG Securities

STOCKWATCH Cadbury Schweppes upgraded to 'neutral' from 'sell' by Goldman SachsUK smallcap opening - Indago Petroleum rises on disposal news, capital return

UK smallcap opening - ReEnergy firms after updateUK smallcap opening - Independent Media dips on FY losses warning

STOCKWATCH Home Retail Group stands out in falling market, trading news pleases

DEB downgraded to hold from buy - Deutsche Bank
HSX downgraded to neutral from overweight - JP Morgan
MCB initiated at buy - target 315 - Merrill Lynch
TWOD upgraded to overweight from equal weight - Morgan Stanley

UK smallcap opening - UniVision Engineering down on placing news

UK smallcap opening - Asterand up as FY losses narrowUK smallcap opening - Max Petroleum lower as Zhana Makat ops suspended

UK smallcap opening - Hampson Industries better after update

UK smallcap opening - Mission Marketing up on acquisition; Seymour Pierce 'buy'UK smallcap opening - Hampson Industries better after update

STOCKWATCH Legal & General FY down on lack of share buyback news UPDATE

STOCKWATCH Tesco upgraded to 'buy' from 'hold' by SG securitiesUK small caps open sharply lower in tandem with wider market

AFX NEWS BRIEFING: Aerospace and transportation highlights to 09:10 GMTAFX NEWS BRIEFING: Pharmaceuticals and chemicals highlights to 09:10 GMTAFX NEWS BRIEFING: TMT highlights to 09:10 GMT

AFX NEWS BRIEFING: Mergers and acquisitions highlights to 09:20 GMTAFX NEWS BRIEFING: Oil and utilities highlights to 09:15 GMTAFX NEWS BRIEFING: Consumer and retailing highlights to 09:15 GMTAFX NEWS BRIEFING: Banking and insurance highlights to 09:15 GMT

STOCKWATCH Informa lower in weak market but solid FY limits losses UPDATE