Hello traders!

In the US tonight, stocks finished broadly lower with blue chips pressured by losses in McDonald's and the broader market hit by technology weakness after Texas Instruments put out a disappointing outlook.

The major indexes all finished near session lows as losses accelerated in the final hour of trade.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 24.24 points to close at 10,912.62 while the Nasdaq Composite lost 16.66 points at 2,073.55 and the S&P500 dipped 5.88 points to 1,219.43.

See you in the morning with breaking UK news.

Sleep tight!

G.

Good morning traders!

In Asia this morning, the Nikkei shrugged off the poor Dow performance to close higher for the ninth time in the past 10 trading days on expectations that the economy, which shrank the past three quarters, is poised to begin growing again. It finished up 79.78 points at 11,966.69, the highest finish since last April.

Remember there is a long list of XDs today - don't let it catch you out.

Back in a mo with breaking news.

Happy trading!

G

RESTAURANT GROUP 2004 UNDERLYING PRETAX PROFIT UP 28.4 PCT TO 24.7 MLN STG

AVIVA ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF RAC

BAA SAYS UNDERLYING INCREASE IN FEB PASSENGERS 4.8 PCT

IP2IPO SWINGS TO FY PRETAX PROFIT OF 322,000 STG VS LOSS 583,000 STG

Morning

SVR - contracts giving decent uplift in revenue
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/20050309070000PC9D0.html

PAF - gold in Ghana
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/20050309070000PD97B.html

AFE - gold in Tanzania
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200503090700064767J.html

EOG - mining minnow for Mike! ;-)
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200503090700074910J.html

EEN - updates.
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200503090700084936J.html

HCEG - acquisition reaches first target
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200503090700114960J.html

HMB - this catches the eye!
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200503090700134978J.html

AUK - worth keeping an eye on? Reverse takeover and restoration of trading
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200503090700185001J.html

WBY - good, but.......
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200503090700215019J.html

SNG - pharma new lister with another collaboration
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200503090700215018J.html

VTI - sale of non-core business
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200503090700395065J.html

MLC - settlement of clain in US
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200503090709085074J.html

RTN - nice set of results. Big divi hike. I've traded these a bit
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200503090700205006J.html

IPO - small FY loss was forecast, actually turned a profit. I like it and I'm long! ;-)
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200503090700195005J.html

CRX - "Cyprotex expects to find itself moving cash flow positive, on a monthly basis, in 2005". You like to read this kind of stuff
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200503090700154991J.html

FDT - haven't quite met forecasts, but maiden profit all the same
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200503090700134976J.html

HILS - been making new highs into results. Looks justified?
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200503090700164998J.html

ALM - contract with ETI
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200503090700104942J.html

Well, that's not everything by any means, just a snapshot.

I'll be simply monitoring and pruning - away tomorrow night to work. ;-(

Good morning all.

Good morning all.

Morning all.

Morning all,

Losses at McDonald's - just as well I took my profit on my McDonald shares a couple of months a go. Moved the money into CocaCola which is now up $2.50 on my purchase price - not going to make me fortune, but moving in the right direction!