Hello traders!

In the US tonight, the Dow Jones was last up 56 points at 12,776, with 19 of its
30 components advancing.

The S&P 500 was up 3.2 points at 1,471, while the Nasdaq Composite fell 1.2
points to 2,517.

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

G.

Director Dealings - Tuesday 17 April, 2007

Alltracel Pharm Plc (AP.)Anite Group PLC (AIE)Arbuthnot Banking (ARBB)Atrium Underwriting (AUW)Carnival PLC (CCL)Computacenter (CCC)Corin Group PLC (CRG)Cosalt PLC (CSLT)Crest Nicholson PLC (CRST)DRS Data & Research (DRS)Dolphin Capital Inv (DCI)Domino Printing (DNO)Evolution Group PLC (EVG)Foreign&Col Invest (FRCL)Foreign&Col Invest (FRCL)General Elec. (GEC)GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK)GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK)GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK)

GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK)Greggs PLC (GRG)HSBC Holdings PLC (HSBA)HSBC Holdings PLC (HSBA)Hanson PLC (HNS)IG Group Hldgs plc (IGG)IMI PLC (IMI)Irish Life&Permanent (IPM)KBC Advanced Tech (KBC)Key Capital Inv. FdsKingston Comms(Hull) (KCOM)MM Institutional FndManpower Soft. PLC (MNS)NSB Retail Systems (NSB)Next PLC (NXT)Northbridge Ind Serv (NBI)OAO Severstal (SVST)Pacific Horizon (PHI)

Pennon Group PLC (PNN)Phynova Group PLC (PYN)RC Group (Holdings) (RCG)Rugby Estates PLC (RES)SIG PLC (SHI)SIG PLC (SHI)Scot.& Newcastle (SCTN)Scottish & Sthn.Engy (SSE)United BusinessMedia (UBM)Utilico Emerg Mkts (UEM)Vodafone Group Plc (VOD)Vtech Holdings Ld (VTH)Vtech Holdings Ld (VTH)Wincanton Plc (WIN)Wood Group (John)PLC (WG.)Wood Group (John)PLC (WG.)Xstrata PLC (XTA)iimia Investment Gp (IIG)

Morning all. Market reports:

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

NIKKEI	AUSTRALIA	SHANGHAI	HANG SENG

Asian economic and corporate news summary

Asian markets summary

Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Hang Seng ended the morning up 12.97 points at 20,801.58,
while the Nikkei was recently up 116.51 points at 17,643.96.

New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in May, was 18
cents higher at $63.28 a barrel, from $63.10 in late US trades overnight when it
dropped 51cents.

Happy trading!

G.

AAL buy - target 3160 - Merrill Lynch
BWY reiterated buy - target 1800 from 1600 - Merrill Lynch
GOG reiterated buy - target 2750 from 2550 - Goldman Sachs
NEX downgraded to sell from neutral - Goldman Sachs
PAP downgraded to underweight from neutral - raised price target - HSBC
TSCO - target 495 from 480 - Merrill Lynch

DEB reiterated neutral - target 165 from 195 - Deutsche Bank
DEB reiterated equal-weight - target 160 from 190 - Morgan Stanley
SSE sell - target 1041 from 1018 - Goldman Sachs
UMB reiterated buy - target 205 from 180 - Dresdner Kleinwort

FOCUS - China's demand for iron ore to underpin further price risesThe Wednesday Press Roundup

Thomson Financial UK at a glance share guide

Australian shares close at fresh records on Wall St lead

Tokyo shares close higher on bargain-hunting after positive US data

STOCKWATCH ICI kept at 'neutral' by UBS but price target hiked to 565 penceSTOCKWATCH Debenhams target price cut to 160 pence from 190 at Morgan Stanley

STOCKWATCH Paddy Power downgraded to 'underweight' from 'neutral' at HSBC

Australian shares close at fresh records on Wall St lead - UPDATE

UK smallcap opening - Venteco climbs Linde order

UK smallcap opening - Workplace Systems up after positive update

Tokyo shares close higher on bargain-hunting after positive US data - UPDATEUK smallcap opening - Planet better on Hypercom terminal inclusion news

UK smallcap opening - ValiRx edges up after positive R&D update