Hello traders!

In the US tonight, the DJIA was last up 187.34 points at 13,482.35. The S&P500
was 22.67 points better at 1,515.67, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 32.54
points to 2,582.31.

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

G.

Director Dealings - Wednesday 13 June 2007

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Morning all. Market reports:

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

NIKKEI	AUSTRALIA	SHANGHAI	HANG SENG

OUTLOOK Home Retail Group's Argos Q1 underlying sales seen flat, Homebase upOUTLOOK Home Retail Group's Argos Q1 underlying sales seen flat, Homebase upTFN economic and business calendarThomson Financial Europe AM at a glance share guide: Stocks rebound, oil higher

Asian economic and corporate news summary

Asian markets summary

Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently up 108.9 points at 17,841.67, while the
Hang Seng ended the morning up 225.28 points at 20,804.03.

New York Mercantile Exchange's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for
delivery in July, was down 4 cents at $66.22 a barrel from $66.26 in late trading in
the US overnight.

Good hunting!

G.

TFN UK calendar and forecasts for today

BROKERWATCH Marks & Spencer upgraded to 'neutral' vs 'underweight' by HSBC

BB. upgraded to neutral from underperform - Credit Suisse
CNA upgraded to buy from hold - target 415 - Citigroup

London shares outlook - Firmer after Wall Street higher on strong economic dataThe Thursday Press Roundup

BROKERWATCH Centrica upgraded to 'buy' from 'hold' at Citigroup, tgt 415 pence

Thomson Financial UK at a glance share guide

BROKERWATCH Bradford & Bingley upped to Neutral vs Underperform by Credit SuisseAustralian shares close sharply higher on rebound in US equity markets

BROKERWATCH Cadbury Schweppes target price upped to 720 pence vs 685 at UBSTokyo shares close firmer on Wall St rally, softer yen

Australian shares close sharply higher on rebound in US equity markets - UPDATE

UK smallcap opening - Medsea moves up on confident update

BROKERWATCH Wolters Kluwer, Reed Elsevier upgraded at Goldman Sachs

UK smallcap opening - Dobbies Garden higher on bidding war hopesTokyo shares close firmer on Wall St rally, softer yen - UPDATE