Hello traders!

In the US tonight, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 26 points to close at
12,159. The S&P500 rose 5.1 points to close at 1,392, while the Nasdaq Composite
gained 7 points to close at 2,378.

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

G.

Director Dealings - Thursday 15 March, 2007

ANT plc (ANTP)Albemarle & Bond Hld (ABM)Amvescap PLC (AVZ)Arriva Plc (ARI)Arriva Plc (ARI)Arriva Plc (ARI)Arriva Plc (ARI)Atkins (WS) (ATK)BRIT Ins Hldgs (BRE)BT Group PLC (BT.A)Bovis Homes Group (BVS)Bovis Homes Group (BVS)Boyer Allan Pac OppsBoyer Allan PacificBritish Am. Tobacco (BATS)Carpathian (CPNR)Cavanagh Group PLC (CVH)Collins Stewart Plc (CLST)Countrywide Plc (CWD)Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT)Deutsche Land Plc (DLD)Dori Media Group (DMG)Gallaher Group Plc (GLH)Greggs PLC (GRG)

HBOS PLC (HBOS)HBOS PLC (HBOS)HMV Group PLC (HMV)Hanson PLC (HNS)IMI PLC (IMI)Imp. Chemical Inds. (ICI)Jardine Lloyd Thmpsn (JLT)Jardine Matheson Hdg (JAR)Jardine Matheson Hdg (JAR)Kingspan Group PLC (KGP)Lionore Mining International L (LOR)Lionore Mining International L (LOR)Lionore Mining International L (LOR)Lionore Mining International L (LOR)Lionore Mining International L (LOR)Lionore Mining International L (LOR)Lionore Mining International L (LOR)LondonStockExGroup (LSE)LondonStockExGroup (LSE)Macau Prop Opp Fund (MPO)Man Group plc (EMG)Man Group plc (EMG)Molins PLC (MLIN)Neville Porter plc (NEV)

Phosphagenics Ltd (PSG)Prudential PLC (PRU)Prudential PLC (PRU)Prudential PLC (PRU)RPS Group PLC (RPS)Reckitt Benckiser Plc (RB.)Renova Energy plc (RVA)Reuters Group PLC (RTR)Robert Walters PLC (RWA)Royal Bk Scot.Grp. (RBS)Royal Bk Scot.Grp. (RBS)SIG PLC (SHI)SPG Media Group Plc (SPM)Schroders PLC (SDR)Solid Rock Fund LtdSound Oil PLC (SOU)Spectris Plc (SXS)Spectris Plc (SXS)Spirent Comm PLC (SPT)Stanley Gibbons Grp (SGI)Stark Fund LimitedTemple Bar Investment Trust Pl (TMPL)Vodafone Group Plc (VOD)Whitbread PLC (WTB)

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 160.66 points at 19,130.10,
while the Nikkei closed down 116.24 points at 16,744.15.

New York Mercantile Exchange's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for
delivery in April, was down 21 cents at $57.34 a barrel from $57.55 in late trading
in the US overnight.

Happy Friday!

G.

Australian shares close lower on caution over equities volatility - UPDATEAustralian shares close lower on caution over equities market volatilityAsian markets summary

PENNON UPGRADED TO 'BUY' VS 'ADD' AT DRESDNER KLEINWORT
ARM HOLDINGS, WOLFSON MICRO BOTH UPPED TO 'BUY' FROM 'HOLD' BY CITIGROUP
HALFORDS CUT TO 'EQUAL-WEIGHT' VS 'OVERWEIGHT' AT MORGAN STANLEY
HMV CUT TO 'UNDERWEIGHT' VS 'EQUAL-WEIGHT' AT MORGAN STANLEY

Tokyo shares close lower on profit-taking, caution about US economy

Cadbury Schweppes on rating watch negative following news of spilt - Fitch
Imperial Chemical's senior debt upgraded to 'Baa2' by Moody's; outlook stable
Imperial, Altadis ratings put on CreditWatch negative by S&P

STOCKWATCH ARM Holdings upped to 'buy' from 'hold' by Citigroup, tgt 155p vs 145

London shares outlook - weak in volatile trade after M&A-related gains yesterday

Tokyo shares close lower on profit-taking, caution about US economy - UPDATE

AZN reiterated underweight - target 2890 - Lehman Brothers
CBRY reiterated hold - target 600 from 550 - ABN Amro
DOM initiated at buy - target 800 - Dresdner Kleinwort
HFD downgraded to equal-weight from overweight - target 375 from 360 - Morgan Stanley
PFL reiterated hold - target 190 from 175 - Deutsche Bank
SN. reiterated overweight - target 710 from 640 - Lehman Brothers

WMH initiated at buy - SG Securities

Morning all.

STOCKWATCH William Hill started at 'buy', Ladbrokes upped to 'hold' by SG Secs

STOCKWATCH Scania upped to 'neutral' in HSBC capital goods reviewAFX UK at a glance share guide

Triple-witching in the UK markets and quadruple-witching on Wall Street

STOCKWATCH Credit Suisse upgraded to 'buy' from 'hold' by Deutsche Bank

STOCKWATCH Tesco upgraded to 'add' from 'hold' by Dresdner Kleinwort

UK smallcap opening - Eleksen runs back on 2007 sales warning