Wednesday March 26, 05:27 PM
London shares - closing features
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - FTSE 100 risers
Sainsbury (LSE: SBRY.L - news) 358 up 21-1/2
Forecast-beating Q4
sales
Kazakhmys (LSE: KAZ.L - news) 1,606 up 64
Talk that Vale is considering other companies after Xstrata (LSE: XTA.L - news) talks terminated
Anglo American (LSE: AAL.L - news) 2,945 up 103
Talk that Vale is considering other companies after Xstrata talks terminated
Lonmin (LSE: LMI.L - news) 3,101 up 76
Sector consolidation hopes; JM Finn reiterates 'buy'
Cable & Wireless 140 up 3.1
UBS 'neutral' from 'sell'; Europe CEO buys 71,400 shares in co
British Land (LSE: BLND.L - news) 918 up 15
Superstore joint venture with Sainsbury
Vodafone (LSE: VOD.L - news) 153.6 up 1.7
Verizon (NYSE: VZ - news) to resume dividend
Morrison WM 274 up 2
With Sainsbury
FTSE 100 fallers
Aviva (LSE: AV.L - news) 601 down 34-1/2
Ex-dividend
Xstrata 3,522 down 194
Vale fails to move for Xstrata
AstraZeneca (LSE: AZN.L - news) 1,845 down 87
Morgan Stanley (SPU - news) cuts target to 21.5 eur from 24.5
Royal Bank of Scotland (LSE: 90ID.L - news) 340-1/2 down 11
Lehman 'underweight'
GlaxoSmithKline (LSE: GSK.L - news) 1,046 down 28
Morgan Stanley cuts target to 1,161 pence from 1,391
BT Group (LSE: BT-A.L - news) 212-3/4 down 5
UBS 'sell' with target cut to 200 pence from 225
Wolseley (LSE: WOS.L - news) 527 down 23-1/2
Grim news on US housing market yesterday
United Utilities (LSE: UU.L - news) 686-1/2 down 11
Trading update; Merrill 'sell'
FTSE 250 (news) risers
Aquarius Platinum (LSE: AQP.L - news) 710-1/2 up 51
Mining sector strength, tracking metals prices; HSBC ups tgt to 710p vs 680
Dana Petroleum (LSE: DNX.L - news) 1,178 up 56
Oil sector strength, tracking crude prices
Ferrexpo (LSE: FXPO.L - news) 330-1/2 up 10-1/2
Mining sector strength, tracking metals prices
Halma (LSE: HLMA.L - news) 186-1/4 up 4-3/4
Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS - news) 'neutral' from 'sell' with 195 pence target
Premier Farnell (LSE: PFLA.L - news) 173 up 2-1/2
Credit Suisse 'neutral' from 'underperform'
FTSE 250 fallers
Debenhams (LSE: DEB.L - news) 59-1/4 down 12-1/4
Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER - news) reportedly places 47 mln shares at 60-66 pence apiece
Bovis Homes 565-1/2 down 32
With Bellway; trades ex dividend
Cattles (LSE: CTT.L - news) 222-1/4 down 12-1/4
Ex dividend
Redrow (LSE: RDW.L - news) 289 down 14-3/4
Ex dividend
Soco International (LSE: SIA.L - news) 1,825 down 70
Results below analyst expectations
Bellway (LSE: BWY.L - news) 789 down 21
Interims profits down 3.9 pct
Arriva 661 down 23
Ex dividend
Other risers
Cap-XX 31 up 10-1/2
Partnership pact with Murati
SMC Group (LSE: SMC.L - news) 10 up 3.375
Upbeat trading statement
Range Resources (NYSE: RRC - news) 15 up 4-3/4
News of increased exploration activity & Puntland Government initiatives
TG21 (LSE: TGP.L - news) 7 up 1-3/4
FY pretax profit rise; says new product development trials encouraging
Motive Television (LSE: MTV.L - news) 1.15 up 0.175
Four new orders from broadcasters
Libertas Capital 22-1/4 up 3-1/4
FY profits up 53.4 pct; NAV up 30.9 pct
Develica Deutschland (LSE: DDE.L - news) 0.5575 eur up 0.02
Rent toll rises by extra 374,000 eur by end-Jan; Director ups stake in co
Western Canadian Coal 179 up 19-1/2
Says proxy advisory services firm recommends Falls Mountain buy
Concurrent Technologies 32 up 2-1/2
FY results
Robotic Technology 8-1/2 up 0.625
In-line FY losses; special final div; upbeat assessment of prospects
CybIT 47-1/2 up 3-1/2
Contract news
Angus & Ross 12-1/2 up 1
Black Angel mining licence expected to be issued in June
Henderson Morley (LSE: HML.L - news) 1.15 up 0.075
Second collaborative deal with Australian Centre for Vaccine Development
Other fallers
Metal-Tech 61 down 40
FY profits warning; Panmure estimate & recommendation under review
Bateman Litwin 175 down 57
H2 trading warning offsets bumper H1 profits; Investec (LSE: INVP.L - news) to review rating
Mobile Streams (LSE: MOS.L - news) 4-1/4 down 0-3/4
Sharply higher FY losses
ReGen Therapeutics (LSE: RGT.L - news) 35 down 5
Fund-raising moves
Uniq (LSE: UNIQ.L - news) 100 down 7-1/4
Final div omitted yesterday; Numis cuts tgt to 210p & cuts estimates
Anite 40-1/2 down 1-1/2
Dresdner Kleinwort 'hold' from 'buy'
Topps Tiles (LSE: TPT.L - news) 14-3/4 down 8
Downbeat trading statement; Seymour Pierce, WH Ireland downgrade
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