Hello traders!

In the US tonight, The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 415 points, to close at
12,216. All 30 Dow components fell by at least 1%.

The S&P 500 dropped 50 points to 1,399, while the technology-heavy Nasdaq
Composite took the brunt of the selling, falling 96 points to 2,407.

All three indices put in their worst one-day point decline since September 2001.

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

G.

Director Dealings - Tuesday 27 February, 2007

ABB Ltd (ANN)Amvescap PLC (AVZ)Amvescap PLC (AVZ)AstraZeneca PLC (AZN)AstraZeneca PLC (AZN)Aurora Investment Trust Plc (ARR)BT Group PLC (BT.A)Bankers Investment (BNKR)Barclays PLC (BARC)British Am. Tobacco (BATS)City of London IT (CTY)County Contact Cntrs (CUY)Croda International (CRDA)Davis Service Group (DVSG)Domino Printing (DNO)Econergy Intl. Plc (ECG)Econergy Intl. Plc (ECG)GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK)GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK)

HBOS PLC (HBOS)HBOS PLC (HBOS)HBOS PLC (HBOS)HMV Group PLC (HMV)Henderson Opport Tst (HOT)Imp. Chemical Inds. (ICI)Imp. Chemical Inds. (ICI)Interco. Hotels Grp (IHG)Interco. Hotels Grp (IHG)Latchways PLC (LTC)Lloyds TSB Group PLC (LLOY)LukOil(OAO) (LKOB)MTI Wireless Edge (MWE)Matchtech Group PLC (MTEC)McBride PLC (MCB)Montrusco Bolton CanMountview Estates. (MTVW)Next PLC (NXT)

Old Mutual PLC (OML)Peninsular Gold Ltd (PGL)Peninsular SouthAsiaRoyal Bk Scot.Grp. (RBS)Royalblue Group (RYB)SMG PLC (SMG)Select Intl FundsShire Plc (SHP)Tell Fund (The)Vedanta Resources (VED)Wincanton Plc (WIN)Witan Inv Tst PLC (WTAN)Witan Inv Tst PLC (WTAN)Wogen PLC (WGN)XP Power PLC (XPP)XP Power PLC (XPP)XP Power PLC (XPP)XP Power PLC (XPP)

Morning all. Market reports:

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

White House on alert as stocks tumble
Dow plunges 400 points after Chinese rout shakes markets
Shanghai market tumbles 9% as investors look to lock in profits
Shares plummet on fears of global slowdown
Dow in biggest crash since 9/11 as Chinese stocks plunge

Morning all. Market reports:

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

White House on alert as stocks tumble
Dow plunges 400 points after Chinese rout shakes markets
Shanghai market tumbles 9% as investors look to lock in profits
Shares plummet on fears of global slowdown
Wall St suffers biggest fall since 9/11
Dow in biggest crash since 9/11 as Chinese stocks plunge

Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Hang Seng closed the morning down 579.33 points at
19,568.54, while the Nikkei ended the session down 515.80 points at 17,604.12.

New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in April, was
down $1.17 at $60.29 per barrel from $61.46 in late US trades overnight.

Happy trading!

G.

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Tokyo shares close sharply lower after global tumble in markets

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AFX UK at a glance share guide

Tokyo shares close sharply lower after global tumble in markets - UPDATE

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BOY downgraded to hold from buy - Citigroup
STAN downgraded to hold from buy - Citigroup

UK smallcap opening - Provexis edges up on Fruitflow update

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AFX NEWS BRIEFING: Banking and insurance highlights to 09:15 GMTAFX NEWS BRIEFING: Consumer and retailing highlights to 09:15 GMTAFX NEWS BRIEFING: Oil and utilities highlights to 09:15 GMTMetals - LME inventory data (Wednesday)

AFX NEWS BRIEFING: Mergers and acquisitions highlights to 09:20 GMTLondon shares open lower after worst NY trading session since 9/11 UPDATE