Morning all.

LONDON (AFX) - Halfords Group PLC 26 weeks to October 1 2004
Sales - 322.7 mln stg vs 286.3 mln
Pretax profit - 26.5 mln stg vs 9.8 mln
Operating profit before exceptionals and goodwill - 46.0 mln stg vs 38.9 mln
Operating profit - 34.9 mln stg vs 32.0 mln
EPS before exceptionals and goodwill - 12.3 pence vs 8.6
EPS - 8.0 pence vs 2.5
Maiden interim div - 3.7 pence per share
LONDON (AFX) - Shares in Halfords Group PLC were reiterated a 'buy' at Citigroup Smith Barney after the the car parts and cycle retailer reported in-line maiden results and current trading, dealers said.

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Morning all.

Digger - thanks for the updates

Mega Bucks - keep your update to yourself :-))

aldwickk,

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Ian

Morning punters.

Sorry for lack of news - bleedin' tech hitch early doors. ;-((

Thanks Mega Bucks for the reminder on Xmas....I think! LOL
Nice results from PAG!! :>)

LONDON (AFX) - UK manufacturers are reporting that their order books are at their lowest level since January, the UK's leading business lobby group said today.

The Confederation of British Industry reported that a decline in demand for capital goods such as plant and machinery has led to the drop in orders, despite demand for consumer goods remaining firm.

In its monthly industrial trends survey, the CBI said 32 pct of firms reported that their order books were below normal while 16 pct said they were above. The balance of -16 pct compares with -12 pct in October. In January the balance stood at -18 pct.

Meanwhile, export order books slipped back to their lowest balance since February, the CBI said.

It said 31 pct reported order books below normal, while only 10 pct reported them as above normal. The subsequent balance of -21 pct compares with -11 pct in October. In February the balance stood at -22 pct.

Expectations for output growth over the next three months are at their lowest since December 2003, with 38 pct of firm expecting output to go up and 23 pct expecting it to go down.

The balance of +5 pct compares with +14 pct in October. Last December the balance stood at +5 pct.

Doug Godden, the head of economic analysis at the CBI said weaker demand from home and abroad is hampering the manufacturing recovery.

'The survey suggests that the global upturn in demand for capital goods, which had sustained manufacturers' orders through this year, has been set back in the face of high oil prices and more moderate growth in the US and elsewhere,' he said.

covered BLND +14 :-)

Good one MB

covered BUR +30 :-)

trailing s/l moved again on LAND :-)

covered half LAND +28

covered LAND +16 +25 :-)

Afternoon all - MB you're having an brilliant day.

The market is doing well, shame about the US$!

lw thanks,how you doing yourself hope your keeping well ???

Shhh..Little Woman...no it's not, cos my gold miner is doing great
on the back of dollar weakness :>)

I'm OK, MB & Stockbunny - busy working instead of trading! The US are not
importing, but Asia is making up for it instead!