Hello traders!

In the US tonight, The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 41.9 points at
13,577.3. The S&P 500 gained 5.44 points to 1,524,87, while the Nasdaq
Composite rose 12.65 points to 2,644.95.

See you in the morning with the latest...

G.

Director Dealings - Tuesday 3 July 2007

AKERS BIOSCIENCES INC (AKR)Acambis PLC (ACM)Bankers Petroleum Limited (BNK)Barclays PLC (BARC)Berkeley Grp Hlds (BKG)Biocompatibles Intl. (BII)British Am. Tobacco (BATS)British Am. Tobacco (BATS)Brixton PLC (BXTN)Cable & Wireless PLC (CW.)Cable & Wireless PLC (CW.)Cardpoint PLC (CASH)Carter & Carter Grp (CART)Chloride Group PLC (CHLD)Chloride Group PLC (CHLD)Close Bros Grp PLC (CBG)Cobham PLC (COB)Concordia Cap. LdDSG Int. PLC (DSGI)Devro PLC (DVO)Dominion CHIC FundEBT Mobile China PLC (EBT)Experian Group Ltd (EXPN)Experian Group Ltd (EXPN)Freeplay Energy PLC (FRE)

GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK)GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK)Greencore Group PLC (GNC)Greene King PLC (GNK)Halma PLC (HLMA)IFG Group PLC (IFP)IFG Group PLC (IFP)Interior Serv. Grp. (ISG)Intnl. Real Estate (IRE)Jourdan PLC (JDR)Latham(James) PLC (LTHM)Legal & General Grp (LGEN)LukOil(OAO) (LKOB)Netplay TV PLC (NPT)Next PLC (NXT)Northgate PLC (NTG)Osmetech PLC (OMH)Pearson PLC (PSON)Pennon Group PLC (PNN)Pinewood Shepperton (PWS)Powerleague Grp plc (PWR)Premier Oil PLC (PMO)Premier Oil PLC (PMO)Primary Health Props (PHP)Provident Fin.PLC. (PFG)

Punch Taverns PLC (PUB)RPS Group PLC (RPS)Small Co. Div. Tst (SDV)Small Co. Div. Tst (SDV)Sutton Harbour Hldgs (SUH)TT electronics PLC (TTG)Tell Fund (The)Thomas Cook Group (TCG)Town Centre Secs. (TCSC)Tullow Oil PLC (TLW)Ultra Electronics (ULE)Umbro PLC (UMB)Umbro PLC (UMB)Umbro PLC (UMB)Umbro PLC (UMB)Vodafone Group Plc (VOD)Waterford Wedgwood (WTFU)Watermark Group PLC (WMK)Wood Group (John)PLC (WG.)Wood Group (John)PLC (WG.)Wood Group (John)PLC (WG.)Woolworths Group PLC (WLW)Woolworths Group PLC (WLW)nCipher plc (NCH)

Morning all. Market reports:

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

Italease blow-up stokes derivatives fears

NIKKEI	AUSTRALIA	SHANGHAI	HANG SENG

Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Nikkei was last trading up 20.7 points at 18,170.60, with the
Hang Seng at a new record of 22,151.14, ahead 378.41 points on the day, so far.

Crude oil for August delivery was as much as 22 cents lower at $71.19 a barrel
after gaining 32 cents to close at $71.41 a barrel on the New York Mercantile
Exchange.

Happy trading!

G.

TFN economic and business calendarThomson Financial Europe AM at a glance share guide: Stocks mixed, dollar weak

TFN UK calendar and forecasts for today

The Wednesday Press Roundup

London shares outlook - Flat; NY firmer off highs overnight; UK rate concerns

BROKERWATCH Rentokil upgraded to 'buy' from 'neutral' at UBS, tgt 185p vs 175pThomson Financial UK at a glance share guide

Tokyo shares close marginally higher in quiet trade after Wall St gains

Australian shares close flat as US holiday saps liquidity

UK smallcap opening - Ormonde Mining up on positive drilling results

UK smallcap opening - Rubicon Software advances on bullish update

Australian shares close flat as US holiday saps liquidity - UPDATE

Tokyo shares close marginally higher in quiet trade after Wall St gains - UPDATEUK smallcap opening - Corsie Group lifted by upbeat update

STOCKWATCH Tesco higher as Seymour Pierce upgrades to 'buy' from 'outperform'FTSE opens modestly higherUK smallcap opening - Cosentino rallies on positive trading updateUK smallcap opening - Worthington Nicholls up as business pipeline restated

UK smallcap opening - DDD Group higher on Samsung deal

UK smallcap opening - Cluff Gold better as Baomahun reserves raised

STOCKWATCH Rexam higher after M&A news; Bridgewell keeps at 'hold', 550p target