Friday May 9, 11:08 AM
London shares - mid-morning features
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - FTSE 100 risers
Morrison 291 up 3
JP Morgan 'overweight' with target upped to 340 pence from 320
Next 1,315 up 13
SocGen (Paris: FR0000130809 - news) 'hold' from 'sell'
Unilever (LSE: ULVR.L - news) 1,758 up 6
Goldman ups target to 1,738p from 1,700; may dispose of Bertolli olive oil
Thomas Cook (LSE: TCG.L - news) 274 up 3/4
Credit Suisse 'outperform' from 'neutral' with target upped to 315p from 274
Tui Travel (LSE: TT.L - news) 255 up 1/2
Numis 'add'; Credit Suisse initiates coverage with 'outperform'
BP (LSE: BP.L - news) 618 up 1/2
Record (LSE: REC.L - news) oil price
GlaxoSmithKline (LSE: GSK.L - news) 1,137 up 3
ING 'buy'
FTSE 100 fallers
Barclays (LSE: BARC.L - news) 452-1/2 down 10-1/2
Cash call worries
British Airways (LSE: BAY.L - news) 232-1/4 down 6-1/4
Record oil price
Carphone Warehouse (LSE: CPW.L - news) 269-3/4 down 19-1/4
Adverse comment on Best Buy deal
Alliance & Leicester 510 down 14
Housing market worries
Persimmon (LSE: PSN.L - news) 616-1/2 down 23-1/2
Talk of bid for Bovis Homes
Johnson Matthey (LSE: JMAT.L - news) 1,922 down 35
Morgan Stanley (SPU - news) 'underweight' from 'equal-weight'
HSBC 864 down 17-1/2
Morgan Stanley 'underweight' from 'equal-weight'
British Energy (LSE: BGY.L - news) 689 down 26
Awaiting bid developments
WPP (LSE: WPP.L - news) 623-1/4 down 15
ABN Amro (Amsterdam: ABAGB.AS - news) 'hold' from 'buy'
Sage Group (LSE: SGE.L - news) 215-1/2 down 11
Investec 'hold' from 'buy'
FTSE 250 (news) risers
IMI (Milan: ISP.MI - news) 507 up 28-3/4
Jan-April organic growth around 7 percent; Evolution 'buy'
Laird Group (LSE: LARD.L - news) 528 up 9
Upbeat trading statement; Landsbanki 'buy'
Premier Oil (LSE: PMO.L - news) 1,717 up 25
Record oil price
JKX Oil & Gas 506-1/2 up 5-1/2
Record oil price
Marston's 226-1/4 up 1-1/2
JP Morgan 'neutral' from 'underweight'
Mapeley (LSE: MAY.L - news) 1,281-1/2 up 6
Lehman targets 1,325 pence
FTSE 250 fallers
Aegis 129-1/2 down 4
New CEO of Aegis Media named
Bradford & Bingley (LSE: BB.L - news) 177-1/4 down 4-1/2
Housing market worries
Redrow (LSE: RDW.L - news) 294 down 8
Housing market worries
easyJet 289 down 11
Record oil price
Intertek 1,009 down 39
Trading update
JD Wetherspoon 309-1/4 down 6-1/2
JP Morgan 'neutral' from 'overweight'
Micro Focus (LSE: MCRO.L - news) 262-1/2 down 10-1/4
Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS - news) 'neutral' from 'buy'
Headlam 392 down 13-1/2
Goldman Sachs 'sell' from 'neutral'
Stagecoach 247-3/4 down 6
Goldman Sachs 'sell'
Misys (LSE: MSY.L - news) 172 down 3/4
Landsbanki 'reduce'
Other risers
Blinkx (LSE: BLNX.L - news) 32-1/2 up 7-1/2
Talk of 60 pence-a-share bid, possibly from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp
Tinopolis (LSE: TIN.L - news) 43-1/2 up 9-1/2
Agreed 44.7 million pounds, or 45 pence-a-share cash offer from Bidco
Mercury Recycling (LSE: MRG.L - news) 23 up 3-1/2
Bumper FY profits; confident statement
Flomerics Group 102 up 13
Rejects 104 pence-a-share bid from Mentor Graphics (NASDAQ: MENT - news)
TDG (LSE: TDG.L - news) 251 up 21
Laxey Partners reiterates interest in possible cash offer for co
Zambezi Resources (LSE: ZRL.L - news) 10.50 up 0.875
Discovery of potentially significant deposit
Dawson International (LSE: DWSN.L - news) 1.50 up 0.125
Pension fund deficit falls to 4.7 million pounds from 19.8 million pounds
Cains Beer 8.50 up 0.625
William Morrison deal
Leed Petroleum (LSE: LDP.L - news) 37-1/2 up 2-3/4
Investors Chronicle 'buy'
Freedom4 Communications 1.65 up 0.12
Full-year results due next Friday
ReEnergy Group (LSE: RGY.L - news) 4.62 up 0.25
Co to sell Estech for up to 1.9 million pounds cash
Psion (LSE: PON.L - news) 107 up 1-1/2
Landsbanki 'buy'
Shed Media 74-1/2 up 5-1/2
Landsbanki 'buy'
Iofina 70
New issue, placed at 55 pence
Other fallers
Claimar Care (LSE: CCGP.L - news) 52-1/2 down 25
Finance director goes
Oxford Biomedica (LSE: OXB.L - news) 25 down 1
In-line update
Intec Telecom (LSE: ITL.L - news) 55-1/4 down 2
Profit-taking after Thursday's 'very preliminary' takeover approach
AEA Technology (LSE: AAT.L - news) 68 down 2
Q1 losses
Yule Catto 152-1/2 down 5-1/2
Citigroup (NYSE: C - news) cuts target to 160 pence from 180
Restaurant Group (LSE: RTN.L - news) 168-3/4 down 1
JP Morgan 'neutral' from 'overweight'
Detica 316-1/2 down 1-1/2
UBS 'neutral' from 'buy'
Majestic Wine 227 down 3-1/4
Goldman Sachs 'sell' from 'neutral'
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