Hello traders!

In the US tonight, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 73.23 points at
13,136, a new record closing high, as 26 of its 30 components advanced.

The S&P 500 gained 4 points to 1,486, while the Nasdaq Composite added 6.4
points to 2,531.

Crude-oil futures fell sharply. Crude for June delivery dropped $1.31 at $64.40 a
barrel.

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

G.

Director Dealings - Tuesday 1 May 2007

AI Claims Solutions (ACS)Abbot Group PLC (ABG)Alphameric PLC (ALM)Anglo American PLC (AAL)Aquarius Platinum (AQP)Asian Citrus Hldgs (ACHL)Barclays PLC (BARC)British Am. Tobacco (BATS)Cadbury Schweppes (CBRY)Cheltenham & Gloucs (BD27)Citel PLC (CITE)Clareville Cap IndiaClarity Commerce (CCS)Elec & Gen Inv Tst (ENG)First Choice Holiday (FCD)Foseco PLC (FOSE)Freeplay Energy PLC (FRE)

Greatfleet PLC (GFG)Greene King PLC (GNK)Greene King PLC (GNK)HSBC Holdings PLC (HSBA)HSBC Holdings PLC (HSBA)Henderson Morley PLC (HML)JPMorgan Small Co IT (JMI)Kingfisher PLC (KGF)Kingfisher PLC (KGF)Kirkland Lake Gold (KGI)Law Debenture Corp (LWDB)Law Debenture Corp (LWDB)Misys (MSY)Morgan Crucible Co (MGCR)Nasstar PLC (NASA)Next PLC (NXT)NorthumbrianWaterGrp (NWG)

Parity Group PLC (PTY)Pegasus Leveraged FdPilat Media Global (PGB)RPS Group PLC (RPS)Schroders PLC (SDR)Smiths News Plc (NWS)Spring Group PLC (SRG)St. Ives PLC (SIV)Tesco PLC (TSCO)Tribal Group PLC (TRB)Tribal Group PLC (TRB)Ultimate Leisure Grp (ULG)Warner Estate Hldgs. (WNER)Wood Group (John)PLC (WG.)Wood Group (John)PLC (WG.)Wyndham York PLC (WYK)Xaar PLC (XAR)

Morning all. Market reports:

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

NIKKEI	AUSTRALIA	SHANGHAI	HANG SENG

Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Hang Seng ended the morning up 86.36 points at 20,405.34,
while the Nikkei was recently up 119.74 points at 17,394.72.

New York's main oil contract, light sweet crude for June delivery gained 16 cents
to $64.56 a barrel from its close of $64.40 in late US trades Tuesday.

Happy trading!

G.

OUTLOOK BSkyB Q3 to highlight rising customer defectionsOUTLOOK Lonmin H1 underlying EPS to fall on disappointing productionOUTLOOK Rentokil Initial expected to report lower Q1 earningsOUTLOOK Home Retail Group FY underlying pretax profit seen up 11 pctOUTLOOK Alliance Boots FY results overshadowed by KKR/Pessina bidAsian economic and corporate news summary

Asian markets summary

AAL reiterated neutral - target 3100 from 2900 - Lehman Brothers
SDR reiterated neutral - target 1290 from 1260 - Lehman Brothers

AZN reiterated reduce - target 2690 from 2600 - UBS

The Wednesday Press RoundupLondon shares outlook - Up after NY, Asian gains; media issues in the spotlight

STOCKWATCH Imperial Tobacco upgraded to 'buy' from 'add' at Dresdner Kleinwort

GFS downgraded to neutral from buy - target 250 from 220 - UBS
IMT reduce - target 2100 from 2060 - UBS
ISYS reiterated overweight - target 380 from 333 - Morgan Stanley

Thomson Financial UK at a glance share guide

Tokyo shares close higher on Wall Street gains, softer yen

STOCKWATCH GlaxoSmithKline prompts mixed broker response after FDA commentsSTOCKWATCH Liberty Intl upped to 'outperform' vs 'underperform' by Credit Suisse

Kyoto - this is a great resource - keep it going mate

Australian shares close at fresh record highs on firm Wall St, steady rates

UK smallcap opening - Hawtin moves up on bumper FY numbers

STOCKWATCH UK publishing groups spotlighted after NewsCorp offer for Dow JonesAustralian shares close at fresh record highs on Wall St, steady rates - UPDATEFirst Day of Dealings

STOCKWATCH Home Retail Group reiterated 'neutral' at UBS post FY earnings