Hello traders!

In the US tonight, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 20 points at 13,346 at
the unofficial 4 p.m. close.

The S&P 500 added 2.7 points to 1,503, while the Nasdaq Composite added 15.8
points to 2,546.

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

G.

Director Dealings - Monday 14 May 2007

AGA FOODSERVICE GRP (AGA)Aberdeen Dev Cap PLC (AVC)Aberdeen Dev Cap PLC (AVC)Aegis Group PLC (AGS)Allied Irish Banks (ALBK)Anglo & Overseas PLC (AOT)Barclays PLC (BARC)Cardpoint PLC (CASH)Domestic & General (DGG)Elementis PLC (ELM)Finsbury Food Group (FIF)

HSBC Holdings PLC (HSBA)HSBC Holdings PLC (HSBA)HSBC Holdings PLC (HSBA)HSBC Holdings PLC (HSBA)HSBC Holdings PLC (HSBA)ING Glob RealEst Sec (IGRE)Kier Group PLC (KIE)Liberty Intl PLC (LII)ML Latin Am. Inv. (MLLA)Meggitt PLC (MGGT)Mercury Recycling (MRG)

Northern Rock PLC (NRK)Pinewood Shepperton (PWS)Rathbone Brothers (RAT)Raven Mount plc (RAV)Real Estate Investrs (RLE)Rio Tinto (RIO)Rolls-Royce Grp Plc (RR.)Taylor Woodrow PLC (TWOD)Value & Income Tst (VIN)Xaar PLC (XAR)Xansa PLC (XAN)

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 session down 34.85 points at
20,944.39, while the Nikkei reached the midpoint down 121.71 points at 17,556.23.

New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in June, was up
18 cents at $62.64 a barrel from $62.46 in US trading overnight.

Happy trading!

G.

OUTLOOK Enterprise Inns REIT seen unlikely alongside H1OUTLOOK VT Group to update on progress with shipbuilding JVOUTLOOK Vivendi Q1 opg profit flat; pay-TV, games, Maroc Tel offset SFR, musicAsian economic and corporate news summaryAsian markets summarySTOCKWATCH - China's BoComm opens up 79.75 pct on Shanghai debut

AV. buy - target 1150 - Deutsche Bank
AZN reiterated reduce - Dresdner Kleinwort
BBY downgraded to add from buy - target 520 from 511 - ABN Amro
CHS reiterated add - target 161 from 178 - ABN Amro
GSK downgraded to neutral from sell - Goldman Sachs
INF downgraded to equal-weight from overweight - Morgan Stanley
SRP downgraded to neutral from buy - Merrill Lynch
ULVR downgraded to hold from buy - Deutsche Bank

STOCKWATCH GlaxoSmithKline upgraded to 'neutral' from 'sell' by Goldman SachsThe Tuesday Press Roundup

BAB upgraded to buy from hold - Citigroup
SBRY sell - Citigroup

London shares outlook - Weaker; NY mixed; M&A offset by inflation data fears

STOCKWATCH Unilever, Nestle and Danone cut to 'hold' from 'buy' at Deutsche

Morning all.

Tokyo shares close lower on disappointing machinery ordersThomson Financial UK at a glance share guide

Australian shares close lower on mixed Wall St, metal prices

STOCKWATCH Fortis downgraded to 'hold' from 'buy' at Petercam; target 37 eur

STOCKWATCH Enterprise Inns maintain 'buy' by Deutsche Bank, tgt 860p vs 790pAustralian shares close lower on mixed Wall St, metal prices - UPDATE

BVIC upgraded to buy from hold - target 425 from 335 - Citigroup
ETI target upped to 860 - Deutsche Bank
PXC initiated at neutral - target 15 - Goldman Sachs
TAN initiated at overweight - target 160 - Morgan Stanley

First Day of Dealings on AIMUK smallcap opening - Turbo Power up as Q1 losses cut by 25 pct; further order

Tokyo shares close lower on disappointing machinery orders - UPDATEUK smallcap opening - Screen FX ticks up on strategic alternatives move

STOCKWATCH Reuters higher after agreed takeover by Thomson, brokers positiveUK smallcap opening - Honeycombe Leisure resume lower after Cain deal