Hello traders,

US stocks ended lower tonight in erratic trading as crude spiked to a four-month high prompting investors to lock in recent gains on concern rising energy prices will hurt economic growth.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended down 18.03 points at 10,811.97, after briefly tapping a four-year high of 10,869.83 in the wake of benign congressional testimony from Fed chief Alan Greenspan.

The Nasdaq Composite slipped 3.75 points to 2,067.50 while the S&P500 ended virtually unchanged, down 0.33 points at 1,210.08.

What will that do for London? Not a lot of good, I suspect.

See you in the morning with breaking news.

G.

morning campers.

Good morning traders!

Not much going on yet this morning.

Asian markets are fairly quiet. The Nikkei just closed 42.75 points up at 11,856.46 and Hnog Kong is slightly better towards mid-session.

Happy trading!

G.

morning all

Ryanair upgraded to 'overweight' on recent Boeing deal

ASTRAZENECA UPGRADED TO 'NEUTRAL' FROM 'UNDERPERFORM' BY CSFB

AstraZeneca faces class action lawsuit over Exanta

Umbro announces new sponsorship deal with Rangers

Morning

NLR - acquisition
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200503030700032640J.html

BPRG - first machine order.....for those still interested. ;-))
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200503030700032658J.html

ASC - trading statement. Amounts to a profit warning?
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200503030700062703J.html

UMB - new deal with Rangers
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200503030700082726J.html

DAN - "profit before tax for the year to 31 March 2005 is likely to exceed market expectations"
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200503030700092749J.html

BTL - agreement
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200503030700132763J.html

SRF - acquisition
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200503030700132764J.html

SVR - expect better than forecasts, worse than current expectations
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200503030700142771J.html

MFI - trading in line, at least their positive?
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200503030700172785J.html

AUG - this sounds bullish
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200503030700172786J.html

BPG - deal with RBS
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200503030700202793J.html

HNT/ITA - merger
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200503030700322810J.html

AIN - a mining merger? Will a few go this way?
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200503030700462848J.html

DTY - results look good to me, I'm long
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200503030700112760J.html

FFY - also appear to have beaten forecasts
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200503030700112759J.html

ASD - reduced loss, but not as much as expected?
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200503030700132770J.html

TSG - looks like more gold
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200503030700182788J.html

AXO - seem to have met forecasts
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200503030700252798J.html

HTG - beating forecasts. "005 to be busiest industry year since 1985. ;-)
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200503030700202790J.html

INS - might be turning it around?
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200503030700282800J.html

Probably missed a couple of things, but enough potential movers there for today!

;-)

Good Morning all.

covered ARM +2.25

long SKP 61.25 s/l on

Mad day - things flying all over the place.

AZN starting to move south....