Hello traders!

In the US tonight, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 76 points to 13,578,
while the S&P500 gained 8.6 points to 1,518 and the Nasdaq Composite rose 12.6
points to 2,651.

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

G.

Director Dealings - Wednesday 11 July 2007

Akamatsu FundAllied Irish Banks (ALBK)Atlantis Japan Grwth (AJG)BP PLC (BP.)Capita Group PLC (CPI)Cobham PLC (COB)Conder Environmental (CDE)Croda International (CRDA)DTZ Holdings PLC (DTZ)Domestic & General (DGG)Driver Group plc (DRV)Edinburgh Worldwide (EWI)Electrocomponents (ECM)Evolution Group PLC (EVG)Evraz Group S.A. (EVR)GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK)Glotel PLC (GLO)

Grafton Group PLC (GFTU)Greatfleet PLC (GFG)Greene King PLC (GNK)HSBC Holdings PLC (HSBA)Healthcare Locums (HLO)HeritageUnderwriting (HUA)Hirco plc (HRCO)IMI PLC (IMI)Impact Holdings (UK) PLC (IHUK)Kier Group PLC (KIE)Kuromatsu FundMAGA Smaller Co FdMartin Currie ChinaAMatrix Alt.Inv.StratMcInerney Hldgs PLC (MCI)Morgan Crucible Co (MGCR)Mountview Estates. (MTVW)

Murray Intnl Trust (MYI)Oilexco Incorporated (OIL)Pennon Group PLC (PNN)Real Good Food Co (RGD)Rolls-Royce Grp Plc (RR.)Safestore Hldgs PLC (SAFE)Safestore Hldgs PLC (SAFE)Skyepharma PLC (SKP)Synergy Healthcare (SYR)Tenon Group (TNO)Vega Group PLC (VEG)WH Smith PLC (SMWH)Wood Group (John)PLC (WG.)Wood Group (John)PLC (WG.)Workplace Sys Intnl (WSI)Xaar PLC (XAR)

Morning all. Market reports:

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

Markets on alert as junk bonds are mauled

NIKKEI	AUSTRALIA	SHANGHAI	HANG SENG

Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Nikkei ended the morning 63.44 points higher at 18,112.95, while
the Hang Seng reached the midpoint up 316.3 points at 22,923.32.

New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for August delivery, was
eight cents higher at $72.64 a barrel from $72.56 in late US trade Wednesday.

Happy trading!

G.

OUTLOOK Iberia faces mounting pressure to answer TPG bid; airline seen stallingTFN economic and business calendar today Thursday July 12

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

TFN UK calendar and forecasts for today

London shares outlook - Higher after gains overnight in New York and Asia

The Thursday Press Roundup

BROKERWATCH Kingfisher upped to 'equal-weight' at Morgan StanleyBROKERWATCH Royal Dutch Shell cut to 'neutral' vs 'buy' by UBS, target 2,300p

Thomson Financial UK at a glance share guide

BROKERWATCH International Power target price upped to 380p from 260p at UBS

Tokyo shares close lower ahead of Fukui speech, BoJ rate freeze ignoredAustralian shares close higher on Wall St rise, jobs data

BROKERWATCH New Star Asset Management target raised to 620p vs 577 at Citigroup

Good morning all.

BROKERWATCH British American Tobacco target raised to 1,800p by Credit Suisse

BROKERWATCH BSkyB target price upped to 690p vs 620p at Goldman SachsTokyo shares close lower ahead of Fukui speech, BoJ rate freeze ignored - UPDATE

Australian shares close higher on Wall St rise, Rio Tinto in focus - UPDATEUK smallcap opening - Imagelinx edges up on contract news, trading update

UK smallcap opening - Galleon ticks up on Chinese talks, fundraising moveSTOCKWATCH Deutsche Telekom up on speculation Infosys interested in T-Systems