Hello traders!

In the US tonight, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was recently down 120 points
at 13,514, as 24 of its 30 components retreated.

The S&P 500 fell 17.6 points to 1,516, while the Nasdaq Composite lost 23.6 points
at 2,603.

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

G.

The LSE confirmed it was in "advanced talks" with Milan's Borsa Italiana after the close of European trade, but gave no further details.

Director Dealings - Wednesday 20 June 2007

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Euromoney Ins.InvPLC (ERM)Evolution Group PLC (EVG)Evraz Group S.A. (EVR)Evraz Group S.A. (EVR)HSBC Holdings PLC (HSBA)Hammerson PLC (HMSO)ITIS Holdings PLC (ITH)Indept. News & Media (INWS)Johnson Matthey PLC (JMAT)Kingfisher PLC (KGF)Lloyds TSB Group PLC (LLOY)LogicaCMG PLC (LOG)Montrusco Bolton CanNational Grid PLC (NG.)Omega Insurance (OIH)PartyGaming Plc (PRTY)Pennon Group PLC (PNN)Phoenix IT Group PLC (PNX)Phoenix IT Group PLC (PNX)Playtech Limited (PTEC)

Quintain Estates (QED)Ricardo PLC (RCDO)Rok PLC (ROK)Sainsbury(J) PLC (SBRY)Standard Chrtrd PLC (STAN)Standard Chrtrd PLC (STAN)Standard Chrtrd PLC (STAN)Standard Chrtrd PLC (STAN)Swiss Re (RUKN)Tomkins PLC (TOMK)Tomkins PLC (TOMK)Transense Technlgy (TRT)Umbro PLC (UMB)Unicorn AIM VCT plc (UAV)Unilever PLC (ULVR)Venture Production (VPC)Vycon Inc (VYCO)Whatman PLC (WHM)Wichford plc (WICH)e-pay Asia Limited (EPY)

Morning all. Market reports:

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

NIKKEI	AUSTRALIA	SHANGHAI	HANG SENG

Thomson Financial Europe AM at a glance share guide: Stocks, oil mixed

TFN economic and business calendar

Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Hang Seng ended the morning up 183.55 points at 21,868.22,
while the Nikkei was recently up 41.64 points at 18,253.32.

New York Mercantile Exchange's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for
delivery in August, was at $68.90 a barrel, up 4 cents from its level in late trading
in the US overnight.

Happy trading!

G.

Asian markets summary

Asian economic and corporate news summary

TFN UK calendar and forecasts for today

The Thursday Press Roundup

London shares outlook - Weaker after Wall Street sell-off on bond yields spike

Thomson Financial UK at a glance share guide

Tokyo shares close firmer, with Nikkei at highest level in seven years

BROKERWATCH ICI cut to 'underweight' vs 'neutral' by JP Morgan

BROKERWATCH Rio Tinto price target upped to 4,600p from 3,790p at Deutsche BankAustralian shares close lower on US sell-off; support remains

DNO upgraded to hold from sell - Citigroup
STAN upgraded to overweight from neutral - JP Morgan

BROKERWATCH Thus Group upped to 'buy' vs 'neutral' by Goldman Sachs, tgt 211p

Tokyo shares close firmer, with Nikkei at highest level in seven years - UPDATE