Hello traders!

In the US tonight, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gyrated between positive and
negative territory, and was last up 19 points at 13,562.

The S&P 500 gained 1.4 points to 1,526, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 6.8
points to 2,585.

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

G.

Director Dealings - Tuesday 22 May 2007

AdEPT Telecom plc (ADT)Agora S.A. (AGOD)Atlas Estates Ltd (ATLS)BAE SYSTEMS PLC (BA.)BT Group PLC (BT.A)Barratt Developments (BDEV)Barratt Developments (BDEV)BowLeven Plc (BLVN)British Land Co PLC (BLND)Brown (N.) Group PLC (BWNG)Cable & Wireless PLC (CW.)Centaur Media PLC (CAU)Centaur Media PLC (CAU)Centrica PLC (CNA)

Chapelthorpe PLC (CPL)Chapelthorpe PLC (CPL)Clarkson Shipping HeCommunisis PLC (CMS)Dignity PLC (DTY)EcoSecurities Group (ECO)Elec & Gen Inv Tst (ENG)F&C Asset Management (FCAM)F&C Global Smlr Cos (FCS)Guinness Peat Grp (GPG)Hutchison China Medi (HCM)Informa PLC (INF)Jardine Lloyd Thmpsn (JLT)

Maelor PLC (MLR)Next PLC (NXT)OMG Opportunities 2xPequot HealthcareOffPhoenix IT Group PLC (PNX)Prudential PLC (PRU)Shire Plc (SHP)Telit Communications (TCM)Telit Communications (TCM)Tesco PLC (TSCO)Tesco PLC (TSCO)Tribal Group PLC (TRB)Wessex Natural Res

Morning all. Market reports:

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The Times
FT
The Guardian
The Independent
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NIKKEI	AUSTRALIA	SHANGHAI	HANG SENG

Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Nikkei ended the morning session up 71.69 points at 17,751.74,
while the Hang Seng was down 45.99 points at 20,797.93.

New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in July, was up
7 cents at $65.58 a barrel. The New York June contract expired at $64.97 in US
trading overnight.

Happy trading!

G.

OUTLOOK Tate & Lyle FY earnings increase but investors focus on SplendaAsian markets summaryAsian economic and corporate news summary

The Wednesday Press Roundup

HOME initiated underweight - target 449 - HSBC
MKS upgraded to buy from hold - target 825 from 800 - UBS

STOCKWATCH Home Retail Group initiated 'underweight' at HSBC, tgt 449 pence

London shares outlook - Weaker; Caution before BoE MPC minutes offsets M&A moves

STOCKWATCH Marks & Spencer upped to 'buy' vs 'hold' by UBS, target 825p vs 800

Thomson Financial UK at a glance share guide

Australian shares close higher on bargain-hunting

ERM upgraded to buy from neutral - target 750 from 650 - UBS
LOG upgraded to buy from hold - target 190 from 200 - Citigroup
RWA initiated at conviction buy - target 455 - Goldman Sachs

STOCKWATCH Drax tgt upped to 950p vs 850 at Deutsche Bank, rating kept at 'buy'Tokyo shares close firmer on gains in banks, weaker yen

STOCKWATCH British Energy price target raised to 600 pence from 555 by UBS

FPL initiated at neutral - target 222 - Deutsche Bank
GYG initiated at overweight - target 575 - JP Morgan
KCOM upgraded to buy from neutral - target 80 - Goldman Sachs

UK smallcap opening - Churchill Mining up on further coal discovery

UK smallcap opening - Network Technology rises on Rikei dealTokyo shares close firmer on gains in banks, weaker yen - UPDATE