Hello traders!

In the US tonight, The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished down 14 points at
13,525, after earlier hitting a new record high of 13,609.

The S&P 500 finished down 1.8 points to 1,522. It earlier traded at 1,532, 5 points
above its record close of 1,527 made in March 2000.

The Nasdaq Composite fell 11 points to finish at 2,577.

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

G.

Director Dealings - Wednesday 23 May 2007

3i Group PLC (III)AGA FOODSERVICE GRP (AGA)ARN Asian EnterpriseAbbeycrest PLC (ACR)Aberdeen Dev Cap PLC (AVC)Aberdeen New Thai IT (ANW)Aberdeen New Thai IT (ANW)Acencia Debt Strat (ACD)Alliance & Leicester (AL.)Arcus Zenkei FundBBA Aviation Plc (BBA)Banco Sntndr Central (BNC)Barr(A.G.) PLC (BAG)Barr(A.G.) PLC (BAG)Barratt Developments (BDEV)British Land Co PLC (BLND)Brixton PLC (BXTN)Business Post Group (BPG)

Clarity Commerce (CCS)Collins Stewart PLC (CLST)Colt Telecom Grp SA (COLT)FirstGroup PLC (FGP)Foseco PLC (FOSE)Helical Bar PLC (HLCL)Henderson HighIncome (HHI)ICM Computer Group (ICM)Inchcape PLC (INCH)Inchcape PLC (INCH)Intermap (IMAP)JPMorgan Claver IT (JCH)Johnston Press PLC (JPR)Legal & General Grp (LGEN)Lonmin PLC (LMI)Majedie Invs.PLC (MAJE)Murray Inc Trust PLC (MUT)

Murray Intnl Trust (MYI)Netcall PLC (NET)New India In Tst PLC (NII)Pearson PLC (PSON)Personal Group Holdings PLC (PGH)Premier Foods plc (PFD)Prudential PLC (PRU)RobertWisemanDairies (RWD)RobertWisemanDairies (RWD)SABMiller PLC (SAB)Salvesen(Christn) (SVC)Stagecoach Theatre (STA)Temple Bar Inv.Tst (TMPL)Temple Bar Inv.Tst (TMPL)Tesco PLC (TSCO)Tikit Group PLC (TIK)Xstrata PLC (XTA)

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 Tokyo today, the Nikkei closed the morning session down 18.77 points at
17,686.35. The Hong Kong market is closed for a public holiday.

New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in July, was up
13 cents at $65.90 a barrel from $65.77 in US trading overnight.

Happy trading!

G.

OUTLOOK Morrison Q1 LFL sales growth excluding petrol seen around 3.5 pctOUTLOOK Barclays trading statement to focus on ABN Amro, UK marketOUTLOOK C&W FY to focus on UK recoveryOUTLOOK Old Mutual Q1 sales seen up 4 pctAsian economic and corporate news summary

Asian markets summary

EXPN upgraded to buy from hold - target 680 from 580 - Citigroup

The Thursday Press Roundup

STOCKWATCH Experian Group upped to 'buy' vs 'hold' by Citigroup; tgt 680p vs 580London shares outlook - Weaker after NY falls back; results in focus

Morning all.

Thomson Financial UK at a glance share guide

Australian shares close sharply lower on Greenspan comments

GKN downgraded to hold from buy - target 410 - Citigroup

Greenspan sees dramatic drop in Chinese stocks
US derivatives index enjoys a bullish debut

Australian shares close sharply lower on Greenspan comments - UPDATE

Tokyo shares close flat on lack of leads

STOCKWATCH Cable & Wireless up on FY; Seymour Pierce 'underperform' on valuationUK smallcap opening - Mobile Credit down on worse-than-feared FY loss warning

UK smallcap opening - Chaco Resources dips on 15 mln stg placing at 6p

UK smallcap opening - Victoria Oil up on better than expected drilling resultsLondon shares open lower as Wall St retreats; Royal & Sun down on share placing