Hello traders!

In the US tonight, The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 49 points at 12,736, with 20 of its 30 components in negative territory.

The S&P 500 was down 2.5 points at 1,457, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite reversed early weakness to add 1.7 points to 2,514.

See you in the morning with the latest......

G.

Director Dealings - Wednesday 21 February, 2007

Alliance Trust PLC (ATST)Amvescap PLC (AVZ)Amvescap PLC (AVZ)Anglo American PLC (AAL)Arc Intl PLC (ARK)Ashton Penney Hldgs (ASHT)Asset Management (AMN)Atkins (WS) (ATK)BP PLC (BP.)BP PLC (BP.)Blue Star Mobile Grp (BTR)Bunzl PLC (BNZL)Byotrol PLC (BYOT)Cable & Wireless PLC (CW.)Carnival PLC (CCL)Centaur Media PLC (CAU)Centaur Media PLC (CAU)Cheltenham & Gloucs (BD27)Corus Finance PLC (40LN)

Corus Group PLC (CS.)De La Rue PLC (DLAR)Domino Printing (DNO)Domino's PizzaUK&IRL (DOM)Fenner PLC (FENR)GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK)GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK)GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK)Greene King PLC (GNK)HBOS PLC (HBOS)Informa PLC (INF)Inter Link Foods PLC (ITF)Johnston Press PLC (JPR)Kuromatsu FundLiontrust Euro AltLloyds TSB Group PLC (LLOY)LondonStockExGroup (LSE)Low & Bonar PLC (LWB)

Low & Bonar PLC (LWB)Magna Umbrella FundManganese Bronze. (MNGS)Micro Focus Intl plc (MCRO)Micro Focus Intl plc (MCRO)Noida Toll Bridge Co (NTBC)Not AvailablePace Micro Tech (PIC)Palmaris Capital (PMS)Photo-Me Intnl. (PHTM)Photo-Me Intnl. (PHTM)Royal Bk Scot.Grp. (RBS)Shaftesbury PLC (SHB)Small Co. Div. Tst (SDV)Small Co. Div. Tst (SDV)Spirent Comm PLC (SPT)Warner Estate Hldgs. (WNER)Wood Group (John)PLC (WG.)

Morning all. Market reports:

Telegraph
Telegraph (Bloomberg summary)
The Times
The Guardian
The Independent
This is Money

Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Nikkei closed up 195.58 points at 18,108.79, while the Hang Seng ended the morning ahead 138.21 points at 20,789.63.

New York Mercantile Exchange's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in April, was down 4 cents at $60.03 a barrel from $60.07 in late trading in the US overnight.

Happy trading!

G.

OUTLOOK Rentokil FY earnings impacted by restructuring chargesOUTLOOK Centrica FY pretax seen down 10 pct at 1.23 bln stgOUTLOOK Hanson full year pretax seen at 465 mln stg as takeover rumours gatherOUTLOOK Colt Telecom FY sales seen down on fierce competitionOUTLOOK BAE Systems to report FY earnings up 33 pct, news on cash and contractsOUTLOOK Kingfisher's B&Q seen returning to sales growth in Q4OUTLOOK Capita 2006 profits to jump on outsourcing boomAustralian shares close at new record highs on bank-led gains - UPDATEAsian markets summary

Tokyo shares close higher; Nikkei at 7-year peak, TOPIX at 15-year high

London shares outlook - higher; BAE Systems FY, Kingfisher update key features

AU. downgraded to neutral from buy - Goldman Sachs
TOMK initiated at buy - target 310 - UBS

AFX UK at a glance share guide

STOCKWATCH Kingfisher seen lower; trading update 'disappointing' - Credit Suisse

STOCKWATCH Centrica seen higher after pleasing FY results, Goldman repeats 'buy'STOCKWATCH Rentokil kept at 'reduce' by UBS after in-line FY, cautious outlook

UK smallcap opening - Fairplace rises as duo snaps up 22 pct stakeTokyo shares close higher; Nikkei at 7-year peak, TOPIX at 15-year high - UPDATE

UK smallcap opening - Universal Salvage up after bullish update

STOCKWATCH Capita Group weaker; full year results 'slightly shy' of estimates

London shares open higher; BAE Systems rallies on pleasing FY, Kingfisher drops

UK smallcap opening - Zetex boosted by FY results, Bridgewell 'overweight'

STOCKWATCH BAE Systems opens higher after pleasing FY results, confident outlookSTOCKWATCH Northern Rock weaker; Fox-Pitt Kelton downgrades to 'underperform'

London shares open higher

UK smallcap opening - Ark Therapeutics up on patent win

STOCKWATCH Iberia soars on report of talks with LufthansaUK smallcap opening - UraMin moves up as Canaccord upgrades