FTSE 100 risers
Smiths Group 994 up 21-1/2
Numis 'add' with estimates upped
GUS 996 up 12-1/2
Experian buys Pricegrabber.com for 485 mln usd; Merrill/Investec 'buy'
British Land 999 up 20-1/2
Abu Dhabi royal family favourite to acquire a British Land portfolio - FT
PartyGaming 130-3/4 up 2-3/4
HSBC ups target to 134 pence
Marks & Spencer 487-1/2 up 9-1/2
CSFB reiterates 'outperform' & ups target to 500 pence from 430
Next 1,521 up 16
Hopes of good Christmas
AstraZeneca 2,772 up 29
Own share buying
Cable & Wireless 118-1/2 up 1-1/4
Company voluntarily de-list fron NYSE
Carnival 3,270 up 19
Teather & Greenwood 'strong buy'
Royal Dutch Shell 1,889 up 10
JP Morgan 'overweight'
Imperial Tobacco 1,737 up 7
'Overweight' from 'equal-weight' & target upped to 1,955p - Lehman
BAT 1,281 up 6
JP Morgan 'overweight'
FTSE 100 fallers
Cairn Energy 1,893 down 12
Profit-taking
BG Group 553-1/2 down 6
HSBC 'underweight' with 481 pence target
FTSE 250 risers
RHM 268-1/4 up 10-1/2
H1 profit up 7.6 pct on cost cuts
Spirent 50 up 1-1/2
Talk of bid from either Agilent Technologies or private-equity house
Intertek Group 712 up 32
Upbeat trading statement
British Energy 514-1/2 up 9-1/4
JP Morgan reiterates 'overweight'
Brixton 406-1/2 up 4
26.2 mln stg portfolio sale
Body Shop 257 up 1-1/2
Anita Roddick stake sale hopes trigger speculative support
Halfords 326 up 1
Numis 'add'
Johnston Press 460 up 3
Lehman ups target
FTSE 250 fallers
Yule Catto 279 down 14-3/4
FY trading 'broadly' in line; 'neutral' from 'buy' - Merrill Lynch
John Laing 308 down 10-3/4
Bid talks terminated
HMV Group 177-3/4 down 4-1/2
Teather & Greenwood 'sell'
Lonmin 1,656 down 37
Morgan Stanley assumes coverage with 'underweight' & 1,450 pence target
Hays 125 down 3-1/2
Trading update
Misys 209-3/4 down 2-1/4
Morgan Stanley targets 203 pence
Other risers
Sunrise Diamonds 3.00 up 1.00
BHP Billiton deal
Gulfsands Petroleum 103 up 15
New gas discovery in Gulf of Mexico
MKM Group 5.50 up 0.75
H2 trade more encouraging after H1 losses
Hitchens 146 up 9-1/2
Speculative support
Namibian Resources 25 up 2-1/2
Upbeat progress report
Zambezi Resources 12-1/4 up 1
Urianiam anomaly identified within Chumbwe project area
Whittard of Chelsea 89-3/4 up 4-3/4
Agreed 90 pence-a-share bid from Baugur unit
Caretech 205 up 8-1/2
Confident statement offsets lower FY numbers
Earthport 46 up 2-1/2
Strategic review
CardioMag Imaging 139-1/2
New issue placed at 137 pence
@UK 65-1/2
New issue placed at 60 pence
Other fallers
Actif Group 2.00 down 0.75
FY losses warning
Feedback 6.50 down 1.00
Financial position compromised by pension situation; swing to H1 losses
Michelmersh 108-1/2 down 9-1/2
Profit warning
Baggeridge Brick 148-1/2 down 11-1/2
Current H1 profits warning; FY profits down 30.8 pct
Zoo Digital 9.12 down 0.88
Widening H1 losses
Virotec International 28-1/4 down 1-3/4
Shareholders OK removal from Official List of ASX
Ottakar's 352 down 13
LFL sales down 6.7 pct in 19 weeks to Dec 10; H2 trading challenging
ADL 56-1/2 down 3-1/2
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