Asian markets summary

Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently up 108.9 points at 17,841.67, while the
Hang Seng ended the morning up 225.28 points at 20,804.03.

New York Mercantile Exchange's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for
delivery in July, was down 4 cents at $66.22 a barrel from $66.26 in late trading in
the US overnight.

Good hunting!

G.

TFN UK calendar and forecasts for today

BROKERWATCH Marks & Spencer upgraded to 'neutral' vs 'underweight' by HSBC

BB. upgraded to neutral from underperform - Credit Suisse
CNA upgraded to buy from hold - target 415 - Citigroup

London shares outlook - Firmer after Wall Street higher on strong economic dataThe Thursday Press Roundup

BROKERWATCH Centrica upgraded to 'buy' from 'hold' at Citigroup, tgt 415 pence

Thomson Financial UK at a glance share guide

BROKERWATCH Bradford & Bingley upped to Neutral vs Underperform by Credit SuisseAustralian shares close sharply higher on rebound in US equity markets

BROKERWATCH Cadbury Schweppes target price upped to 720 pence vs 685 at UBSTokyo shares close firmer on Wall St rally, softer yen

Australian shares close sharply higher on rebound in US equity markets - UPDATE

UK smallcap opening - Medsea moves up on confident update

BROKERWATCH Wolters Kluwer, Reed Elsevier upgraded at Goldman Sachs

UK smallcap opening - Dobbies Garden higher on bidding war hopesTokyo shares close firmer on Wall St rally, softer yen - UPDATE

UK smallcap opening - CybIT higher on FY profits forecast

STOCKWATCH Bayer higher as UBS adds company to 'top 20' list

FTSE opens brightly higher

UK smallcap opening - Private Trading Systems debuts on PLUS Markets

STOCKWATCH Home Retail higher on trading statement; Citigroup keeps 'buy'UK smallcap opening - MAXjet establishes reasonable premium on AIM debut

STOCKWATCH Dobbies Garden Centres soars 17 pct on hopes of bidding war