Hello traders!

In the US tonight, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished down 10 points at
13,476, as 18 of its 30 components retreated.

The S&P 500 ended down 1.4 points at 1,512, while the Nasdaq Composite slipped
8.0 points to 2,539.

See you in the morning with the latest...

G.

Director Dealings - Thursday 17 May 2007

AI Claims Solutions (ACS)Agora S.A. (AGOD)Avanti Capital PLC (AVA)Aviva PLC (AV.)BDT Invest Funds PLCBalfour Beatty PLC (BBY)Barr(A.G.) PLC (BAG)Barr(A.G.) PLC (BAG)Barr(A.G.) PLC (BAG)Barr(A.G.) PLC (BAG)Barr(A.G.) PLC (BAG)Barr(A.G.) PLC (BAG)Barratt Developments (BDEV)Braemar Seascope (BMS)British Land Co PLC (BLND)Charteris PLC (CAE)Elementis PLC (ELM)Elementis PLC (ELM)Fiberweb Plc (FWEB)Gartmore European (GEO)GoIndustry PLC (GOI)Greatfleet PLC (GFG)HSBC Holdings PLC (HSBA)HSBC Holdings PLC (HSBA)HSBC Holdings PLC (HSBA)

Hansa Trust PLC (HAN)Hansa Trust PLC (HAN)Highway Insurance (HWY)Highway Insurance (HWY)Hilton Food Grp Plc (HFG)Hilton Food Grp Plc (HFG)Icon PLCInvesco Perpetual UK (IPU)JJB Sports PLC (JJB)Johnson Matthey PLC (JMAT)Kingspan Group PLC (KGP)Laird Group PLC (LARD)Land Sec. Group Plc (LAND)Lazard Emer Inc PlusLazard Emerging IncLazard European ExpLazard Global Ops FdLazard Japan CarinaLazard Japan VelaLazard Korea Corp GFLazard World Alt ValLibertas Capital PLC (LBR)Liberty Intl PLC (LII)LionOre Mining Intnl (LOR)LionOre Mining Intnl (LOR)

LionOre Mining Intnl (LOR)Litho Supplies PLC (LTS)Marshalls PLC (MSLH)Murray Intnl Trust (MYI)Paypoint plc (PAY)Personal Assets Tst. (PNL)Personal Assets Tst. (PNL)Personal Assets Tst. (PNL)Personal Assets Tst. (PNL)Premier Foods plc (PFD)Punch Taverns PLC (PUB)Rathbone Brothers (RAT)Reckitt Benckiser (RB.)Reed Elsevier PLC (REL)Rok PLC (ROK)Scot.& Newcastle (SCTN)TDG PLC (TDG)Taylor Woodrow PLC (TWOD)Temple Bar Inv.Tst (TMPL)Town Centre Secs. (TCSC)United BusinessMedia (UBM)Victrex PLC (VCT)Wolseley PLC (WOS)Zotefoams PLC (ZTF)iPoint Media PLC (IPNT)

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 down 213.98 points at 20,780.63,
while the Nikkei was recently down 154.02 points at 17,344.58.

New York Mercantile Exchange's main oil contract, light sweet crude for delivery in
June, was up 9 cents at $64.95 a barrel from $64.86 in late trading in the US overnight.

Happy Friday!

G.

Asian markets summaryAsian economic and corporate news summary

BT.A reiterated underweight - JP Morgan
CNE upgraded to buy from hold - Citigroup
KGF downgraded to underweight from neutral - HSBC
MKS sell - Merrill Lynch
MKS downgraded to underweight from neutral - HSBC
RSA reiterated underperform - target 146 from 129 - Credit Suisse

STOCKWATCH Unilever cut to 'neutral' from 'buy' at Goldman Sachs on valuation

The Friday Press Roundup

STOCKWATCH Cairn Energy upgraded to 'buy' from 'hold' at Citigroup, tgt 2,125pSTOCKWATCH Kingfisher, M&S cut to 'underweight' from 'neutral' at HSBC

Thomson Financial UK at a glance share guide

Australian shares close lower on profit taking, metal prices

Tokyo shares close lower on lack of leads

STOCKWATCH WPP buys 24/7 Real Media; Deutsche Bank ups target to 900p vs 875Australian shares close lower on profit taking, metal prices - UPDATE

ITV hold - target 109 - Citigroup
NG. reiterated hold - target 740 from 690 - Citigroup

UK smallcap opening - Cobra Bio slides as GlaxoSmithKline ends agreement

STOCKWATCH BA lower as FY results fall below consensusUK smallcap opening - Pilat runs back on swing to Q1 losses

STOCKWATCH SABMiller downgraded to 'reduce' from 'neutral' at UBSTokyo shares close lower on lack of leads - UPDATE

UK smallcap opening - Genosis dips on 2.3 mln stg placing, widening FY losses

UK smallcap opening - Raymarine down on US sales shortfall warningFTSE opens modestly higher