Hello traders!

In the US tonight, the Dow Jones industrials was down about 131 points at 12,465
at its unofficial close.

The S&P 500 fell 13.55 points to 1,517.40 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped
24.05 points to 2,587.18.

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

G.

Director Dealings - Wednesday 6 June 2007

ADVFN PLC (AFN)Alliance & Leicester (AL.)Alliance Trust PLC (ATST)Alliance Trust PLC (ATST)Avis Europe PLC (AVE)BSS Group PLC (BTSM)Baggeridge Brick PLC (BGBK)Barclays PLC (BARC)Barratt Developments (BDEV)Barratt Developments (BDEV)Blue Planet Euro Fin (BLP)Blue Planet Wldwde (BPW)Brown (N.) Group PLC (BWNG)Camco International (CAO)Carter & Carter Grp (CART)Cattles PLC (CTT)Cattles PLC (CTT)Cattles PLC (CTT)Cattles PLC (CTT)Cattles PLC (CTT)Cattles PLC (CTT)

Cattles PLC (CTT)Centaur Media PLC (CAU)Centaur Media PLC (CAU)Company Health Group (CHT)Elementis PLC (ELM)Evolution Group PLC (EVG)Evolution Group PLC (EVG)Friends ProvidentPLC (FP.)GCAP Media PLC (GCAP)General Elec. (GEC)General Elec. (GEC)Gleeson (M J) Group (GLE)Gyrus Group PLC (GYG)HBOS PLC (HBOS)HSBC Holdings PLC (HSBA)Harvey Nash Group (HVN)Hornby PLC (HRN)Hornby PLC (HRN)JOHCM Trident Fin FdJohnston Press PLC (JPR)Land Sec. Group Plc (LAND)

May GurneyIntegrated (MAYG)Mothercare PLC (MTC)Northern Foods PLC (NFDS)Omega Insurance (OIH)On-Line PLC (ONL)Patagonia Gold PLC (PGD)Pliva d.d. (PLVD)Provexis PLC (PXS)Reckitt Benckiser (RB.)Rio Tinto (RIO)Sagentia Group AG (SGA)Stratton Street PCCSwiss Re (RUKN)ToLuna plc (TOL)Trident European FndTrident NrthAtlanticVernalis PLC (VER)Wood Group (John)PLC (WG.)Wood Group (John)PLC (WG.)Wyndham York PLC (WYK)

Morning all. Market reports:

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

Fears for property prices after 2bn Vector float sinks

NIKKEI	AUSTRALIA	SHANGHAI	HANG SENG

Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Hang Seng ended the morning down 117.69 points at 20,700.92,
while the Nikkei hit the midpoint 141.86 points lower at 17,899.07.

New York Mercantile Exchange's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for
delivery in July, was up 7 cents at $66.03 per barrel from $65.96 in late trading in
the US overnight.

Happy trading!

G.

OUTLOOK Johnson Matthey FY profit up; catalysts, PGM prices to offset weak usdThomson Financial Europe AM at a glance share guide: Stocks down, oil higherTFN economic and business calendar

Asian economic and corporate news summary

London shares outlook - Up; moderate rally after triple digit slide yesterdayThe Thursday Press Roundup

Thomson Financial UK at a glance share guide

Tokyo shares close flat after gains in China prompt bargain-hunting

Australian shares close lower on interest rate concerns, US sell-off

EZJ upgraded to neutral from sell - Goldman Sachs
MEC initiated at overweight - target 103 - Morgan Stanley
PFD downgraded to neutral from buy - target 340 - UBS

TPK upgraded to neutral from reduce - target 2220 from 1720 - UBS

NYSE Euronext's Thain eyes acquisition to become US futures player

Australian shares close lower on interest rate concerns, US sell-off - UPDATE

UK smallcap opening - Angus & Ross better on funding for Black Angel mine

Tokyo shares close flat after gains in China prompt bargain-hunting - UPDATE

STOCKWATCH DSG International up after names CEO, Panmure Gordon retain 'hold'UK smallcap opening - First Artist firmer after updateUK smallcap opening - Scapa edges up on return to FY profit

STOCKWATCH BAE Systems lower after report of payments to Saudi prince

UK smallcap opening - Arthro Kinetics moves up on JV expansionUK smallcap opening - Mecom advances on Morgan Stanley 'overweight' stance