Wednesday March 26, 03:02 PM
London shares - midafternoon features
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - FTSE 100 risers
Sainsbury (LSE: SBRY.L - news) 350-1/4 up 13-3/4
Forecast-beating Q4 sales
Anglo American (LSE: AAL.L - news) 2,951 up 109
Talk that Vale is considering other companies after Xstrata (LSE: XTA.L - news) talks terminated
Kazakhmys (LSE: KAZ.L - news) 1,596 up 54
Talk that Vale is considering other companies after Xstrata talks terminated
Lonmin (LSE: LMI.L - news) 3,123 up 98
Sector consolidation hopes; JM Finn reiterates 'buy'
Vodafone (LSE: VOD.L - news) 154.7 up 2.8
Verizon (NYSE: VZ - news) to resume dividend
British Land (LSE: BLND.L - news) 920 up 17
Superstore joint venture with Sainsbury
Morrison WM 274-1/2 up 2-1/2
With Sainsbury
Cable & Wireless 140 up 1.2
UBS 'neutral' from 'sell'
FTSE 100 fallers
Xstrata 3,475 down 241
Vale fails to move for Xstrata
Wolseley (LSE: WOS.L - news) 527 down 23-1/2
Grim news on US housing market yesterday
AstraZeneca (LSE: AZN.L - news) 1,867 down 65
Morgan Stanley (SPU - news) cuts target to 21.5 eur from 24.5
Royal Bank of Scotland (LSE: 90ID.L - news) 340-1/4 down 11
Lehman 'underweight'
GlaxoSmithKline (LSE: GSK.L - news) 1,047 down 27
Morgan Stanley cuts target to 1,161 pence from 1,391
BT Group (LSE: BT-A.L - news) 212-1/2 down 5-1/4
UBS 'sell' with target cut to 200 pence from 225
United Utilities (LSE: UU.L - news) 689-1/2 down 8
Trading update; Merrill 'sell'
FTSE 250 (news) risers
Aquarius Platinum (LSE: AQP.L - news) 697 up 37-1/2
Mining sector strength, tracking metals prices; HSBC ups tgt to 710p vs 680
Ferrexpo (LSE: FXPO.L - news) 335-3/4 up 15-3/4
Mining sector strength, tracking metals prices
DSG International (LSE: DSGI.L - news) 68 up 2
Retail sector strength after better-than-expected J Sainsbury Q4 sales
Dana Petroleum (LSE: DNX.L - news) 1,174 up 52
Oil sector strength, tracking crude prices up 2 usd
Halma (LSE: HLMA.L - news) 185 up 3-1/2
Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS - news) 'neutral' from 'sell' with 195 pence target
Premier Farnell (LSE: PFLA.L - news) 173-1/4 up 2-3/4
Credit Suisse 'neutral' from 'underperform'
FTSE 250 fallers
Debenhams (LSE: DEB.L - news) 61 down 10-1/2
Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER - news) reportedly places 47 mln shares at 60-66 pence apiece
Bellway (LSE: BWY.L - news) 790 down 20
Interims profits down 3.9 pct
Bovis Homes 570-1/2 down 27
With Bellway; trades ex dividend
Cattles (LSE: CTT.L - news) 223-3/4 down 10-3/4
Ex dividend
Arriva 653 down 31
Ex dividend
Redrow (LSE: RDW.L - news) 292-1/2 down 11-1/4
Ex dividend
Other risers
Cap-XX 30 up 9-1/2
Partnership pact with Murati
SMC Group (LSE: SMC.L - news) 9.375 up 2-3/4
Upbeat trading statement
Range Resources (NYSE: RRC - news) 14 up 3-3/4
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
Develica Deutschland (LSE: DDE.L - news) 0.65 eur up 0.1125
Rent toll rises by extra 374,000 eur by end-Jan; Director ups stake in co
Motive Television (LSE: MTV.L - news) 1.175 up 0.2
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
Western Canadian Coal 180 up 20-1/2
Says proxy advisory services firm recommends Falls Mountain buy
Autoclenz 55 up 6
Satisfactory FY numbers
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 48 up 4
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 180 down 52
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) 34-1/2 down 5-1/2
Fund-raising moves
Uniq (LSE: UNIQ.L - news) 98 down 9
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) 118-1/2 down 4-1/4
Downbeat trading statement; Seymour Pierce, WH Ireland downgrade
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