Hello traders!

In the US tonight, according to preliminary calcuations, the Dow rose 37.06 to
13,383.84, after rising to a new trading high of 13,481.60. The modest climb
nudged the blue-chip index to its 22nd record close this year.

The S&P500 fell 1.96 to 1,501.19, while the Nasdaq Composite fell 21.15 to
2,525.29.

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

G.

Director Dealings - Tuesday 15 May 2007

AEA Technology PLC (AAT)AEA Technology PLC (AAT)Amiad Filtration Sys (AFS)Amlin plc (AML)Arriva PLC (ARI)Arriva PLC (ARI)Arriva PLC (ARI)Arriva PLC (ARI)Atkins (WS) (ATK)Augean Plc (AUG)Autologic Holdings (ALG)BG Group (BG.)BT Group PLC (BT.A)BT Group PLC (BT.A)Barratt Developments (BDEV)Blacks Leisure Group (BSLA)Boot(Henry) PLC (BHY)Boot(Henry) PLC (BHY)Boot(Henry) PLC (BHY)BowLeven Plc (BLVN)British Am. Tobacco (BATS)

Britvic plc (BVIC)CRH PLC (CRH)City of London IT (CTY)Coffeeheaven Intl (COH)DRS Data & Research (DRS)Dunelm Group plc (DNLM)Evolution Group PLC (EVG)GKN PLC (GKN)General Elec. (GEC)HMV Group PLC (HMV)HSBC Holdings PLC (HSBA)HSBC Holdings PLC (HSBA)HSBC Holdings PLC (HSBA)ICM Computer Group (ICM)IDOX PLC (IDOX)Icon PLCInvista Real Estate (INRE)Kingston Comms(Hull) (KCOM)Lansdowne EuroLegal & General Grp (LGEN)MicroEmissive (MED)

Misys (MSY)National Express (NEX)New Star Asset Management Grou (NSAM)Northern Rock PLC (NRK)Pearson PLC (PSON)Rank Group PLC (RNK)SIG PLC (SHI)Salamander EnergyPLC (SMDR)Serco Group PLC (SRP)Siteserv PLC (SSV)Slimma PLC (SLM)Smith & Nephew Plc (SN.)Smith & Nephew Plc (SN.)Smith & Nephew Plc (SN.)Swan(John)& Sons. (SWJ)Taylor Woodrow PLC (TWOD)Theorema Europe FundVeris PLC (VERI)Visual Defence Inc. (VDI)Wincanton Plc (WIN)

Morning all. Market reports:

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

NIKKEI	AUSTRALIA	SHANGHAI	HANG SENG

OUTLOOK DSG International set to flag FY profit in line with hopesOUTLOOK Compass H1 earnings boosted by margin improvementOUTLOOK Next Q1 sales seen boosted by warm weatherOUTLOOK Land Securities set for dividend increases following REIT conversionOUTLOOK Sainsbury FY overshadowed by talk of realisation of property valueOUTLOOK Vedanta FY results seen up sharply on high volumes, commodity prices

Good morning traders!

In Asia today the Hang Seng ended the morning up 35.78 points at 20,903.93,
while the Nikkei was recently 17,491.20, down 21.78 points.

New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in June, was
down 15 cents at $63.02 a barrel after closing up 71 cents at $63.17 in US trading
overnight.

Happy trading!

G.

Asian markets summary

Asian economic and corporate news summary

BATS reiterated overweight - target 1750 from 1585 - Morgan Stanley
CW. reiterated overweight - target 190 - Morgan Stanley
IPR reiterated overweight - target 515 from 440 - Morgan Stanley

Pubs - Citigroup

The Wednesday Press Roundup

London shares outlook - weaker ahead of BoE inflation report; Wall Street mixed

STOCKWATCH Enterprise Inns upped to 'outperform' at Credit Suisse

Thomson Financial UK at a glance share guide

Australian shares close higher led by BHP, Macquarie

ITV buy - target 140 - Deutsche Bank
TLW overweight - target 460 - Morgan Stanley
XTA buy - Deutsche Bank
YELL sell - Deutsche Bank

Tokyo shares close flat as investors await GDP data

Australian shares close higher led by BHP, Macquarie - UPDATEUK smallcap opening - Getmobile ticks up following in-line trading statement

STOCKWATCH DSG International expects FY in-line; WestLB upgrades to 'add'

Good morning all
Yesterdays "UPS" VLR is up on the bid this morning and ready to BREAK from Symmetrical triangle

Chart for VLR

UK smallcap opening - Intercede adrift on 0.7 mln stg placing move