Hello traders!

In the US tonight, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 96.93 points at
12,300.36.

The S&P 500 fell 11.38 points to 1,417.23, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped
20.33 points to 2,417.10.

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

G.

Director Dealings - Wednesday 28 March, 2007

Alliance Trust PLC (ATST)Alliance Trust PLC (ATST)Amvescap PLC (AVZ)Anglo Platinum (ANP)AstraZeneca PLC (AZN)BAE SYSTEMS PLC (BA.)BP PLC (BP.)BP PLC (BP.)British Am. Tobacco (BATS)Central Afr. Min&Exp (CFM)Corus Group PLC (CS.)Crosby Capital Ptnrs (CSB)De La Rue PLC (DLAR)Dignity PLC (DTY)Dignity PLC (DTY)Dignity PLC (DTY)Dignity PLC (DTY)Energy Asset Management PLC (EAM)Expomedia Group PLC (EXP)GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK)GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK)

GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK)HBOS PLC (HBOS)Hanson PLC (HNS)Helphire Group PLC (HHR)HeritageUnderwriting (HUA)Hunting PLC (HTG)IMI PLC (IMI)Intertek Group Plc (ITRK)JPMorgan Amer InvTst (JAM)Laird Group PLC (LARD)Lazard Emerging IncLazard Global Ops FdLazard Japan CarinaLazard Japan FocusLazard Japan VelaLazard World Alt ValMan Group plc (EMG)Panmure Gord &Co plc (PMR)Paragon Grp Of Co's (PAG)Paypoint plc (PAY)

Quintain Estates (QED)Rank Group PLC (RNK)Rathbone Brothers (RAT)Royal Bk Scot.Grp. (RBS)Royal Bk Scot.Grp. (RBS)Scot.Inv.Trust PLC (SCIN)Spectris PLC (SXS)Spectris PLC (SXS)Spectris PLC (SXS)Spirax-Sarco Engng (SPX)Sumus plc (SUMU)Thames River GlobalTravis Perkins PLC (TPK)Twenty PLC (TWE)Unilever PLC (ULVR)Unilever PLC (ULVR)Unite Group PLC (UTG)VASTox plc (VOX)Wetherspoon (JD) PLC (JDW)Whitbread PLC (WTB)

Morning all. Market reports:

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

Tesco's US warehouse faces injunction

NIKKEI	AUSTRALIA	SHANGHAI	HANG SENG

OUTLOOK Kingfisher FY underlying pretax profit seen down 11 pctOUTLOOK Tate & Lyle pre-close update could 'carry more bad news'OUTLOOK Compass' 'encouraging' trading set to continue; Selecta update possible

Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Hang Seng ended the morning up 210.03 points at the session's
high of 19,763.90. The Nikkei was recently up 38.25 points at 17,292.98.

New York Mercantile Exchange's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for
delivery in May, was down 15 cents at $63.93 a barrel from $64.08 in late trading
in the US overnight.

Happy trading!

G.

Asian markets summary

BSY downgraded to underperform from neutral - target 522 from 580 - HSBC

JSP - target 15 from 55 - ABN Amro
NXT hold - target 2300 - Citigroup
SAND initiated buy - target 190 - Citigroup
WTB reiterated hold - target 2050 from 1755 - Deutsche Bank

FGP reiterated buy - target 703 from 696 - Deutsche Bank
NFDS downgraded to sell from hold - target 110 from 120 - Citigroup

The Thursday Press RoundupAsian economic and corporate news summaryAFX Europe AM at a glance share guide: Stocks weak, oil hits new high for the yr

FP. reiterated overweight - target 242 - Lehman Brothers

London shares outlook - touch higher as oil heavyweights, M&A counter US jitters

ARM upgraded to buy from hold - target 155 - UBS

AFX UK at a glance share guide

KGF reiterated underweight - Credit Suisse

STOCKWATCH BSkyB cut to 'underweight' from 'neutral' by HSBC, tgt cut to 522 p

Tokyo shares close flat as firmer Shanghai market offsets US inflation worriesAustralian shares close higher on quarter-end futures activity

STOCKWATCH Kingfisher reports lower FY profits; Credit Suisse repeats 'neutral'

STOCKWATCH Tate & Lyle set for modest gains on in-line update