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5:02pm END-OF-DAY inform: Headline shares ended the session comfortably higher with mining heavyweights oil majors and financial issues setting the pace but the market lacking intend with US markets closed for the Thanksgiving holiday. At the close of play the FTSE100 was up 73.41 points at 4,226.1 with the FTSE250 ahead 205.6 points at 6,036.64 and the FTSE Smallcaps 16.64 points better at 1,788.54. NEW YORK US markets are closed today for the Thanksgiving holiday. LONDON MARKETS Miners and financial issues drove the FTSE gains with insurers Aviva and Prudential performing strongly throughout up 23.75p at 380.5p and 26p at 322p respectively. The banking sector also rallied with Barclays ahead 6.9p at 166.9p. Lloyds TSB up 4p at 164p. HBOS 2.5p higher at 93p and Royal Bank of Scotland up... 2:47pm MIDAFTERNOON REPORT: Headline shares remained higher midafternoon with mining heavyweights oil majors and financial issues setting the pace and with building supplies company Wolseley the biggest blue chip gainer of the day. At 2:30pm the FTSE100 was up 58.33 points at 4,211.02 with the FTSE250 ahead 191.41 points at 6,022.45 and the FTSE Smallcaps 9.6 points better at 1,781.5. NEW YORK US markets are closed today for the Thanksgiving holiday. LONDON MARKETS Financial stocks drove the FTSE gains with insurers Aviva and Prudential leading the way up 28.25p at 385p and 22p at 318p respectively. The banking sector also rallied strongly with Barclays ahead 7.2p at 167.2p. Lloyds TSB up 4.9p at 164.9p. HBOS 3.5p higher at 94p and Royal tip of Scotland up 0.8p at 53.8p. 1:02pm Copper miner Antofagasta said today turnover in the nine months ended 30th September 2008 was $3.31bn compared with $2.838bn in the same period of 2007. The increased revenue was mainly due to higher copper sales volumes as well as lower tolling charges and to a lesser extent increased sales at the displace and wet divisions. These factors were partly offset by reduced molybdenum sales. Higher production costs pushed profits drink by 28% in Q3 with underlying profits for the three months dipping to $492m from $682m in 2007. Sales for the period were $903m up from $896m. For the nine moths to September underlying profit rose by 3% to $2.22bn up from $2.15bn the previous year. Copper volumes sold rose to 362,100 tonnes from 298,700 tonnes. This mainly reflected the increased... 12:47pm Avon Rubber today reported a full-year loss of &hit;19.5m compared to a profit of &hit;1.1m last time. assort revenue grew to &hit;54.6m in the year to September 30th 2008 up from £48.7m in 2007. The company ordain pay no dividend. Peter Slabbert. CEO commented: 'Our Dairy business remains successful while the 10 year US Government M50 respirator create by mental act awarded in 2008 will provide strong and consistent future sales volumes contributing to a return to profitability in our Protection & Defence business. In the current difficult credit markets the agreement of facilities with our bankers to 30th June 2010 gives the Group a stable platform from which to capitalise on the opportunities available to it in its chosen markets.' 12:32pm MIDDAY REPORT: Headline shares added to gains in midday trading with mining heavyweights oil majors and financial issues setting the walk and with building supplies company Wolseley the biggest blue chip gainer of the day. At high noon the FTSE100 was up 74.1 points at 4,226.79 with the FTSE250 ahead 160.18 points at 5,991.22 and the FTSE Smallcaps 6.79 points exceed at 1,778.69. NEW YORK US markets are closed today for the Thanksgiving holiday. LONDON MARKETS The Nationwide building society said accommodate prices were 13.9% lower than a year ago in November at £158,442 on add up a fall of more than £25,000. Financial stocks drove the FTSE gains with insurers Aviva and Prudential leading the way up 28p at 384.75p and 23p at 319p respectively. ...

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(Updating with full details)LONDON (Thomson Financial) - UK blue-chips were up early on aided by a rebound on in the US on Friday and with M&A lifting Standard Chartered and Friends Provident while Northern Rock plummeted over 17 pct on news approaches are below its market capitalisation. At 9.05 the FTSE 100 was up 14.1 points at 6305.3 and the FTSE 250 was 95.0 points higher at 10,861.2. Volume was 247.5 mln shares in 72,275 trades. On Wall St on Friday the DJIA finished a volatile day up 66.74 points or 0.51 percent to 13,176.79. Broader indicators also recovered in late trade. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 7.59 or 0.52 percent to 1,458.74. The Nasdaq composite index rose 18.73 or 0.72 percent to 2,637.24 after set aside some concerns about the banking sector and the health of the overall economy. This morning in Asia the picture was less rosy. Japan's Nikkei closed down 112.05 points or 0.7 pct at 15,042.56 as comments about the state of the US housing market continued to unsettle investors. The Hang Seng ended the morning down 241.60 points or 0.9 pct at 27,372.83. Also in Asia. New York's main contract light sweet crude for January delivery was 66 cents higher at 94.50 usd. On Friday the January contract settled up 1.77 usd at 93.84 usd per barrel. The December contract expired Friday closing 1.67 dollars higher at 95.10 dollars. Back in London. Standard Chartered shares climbed 64 pence to 1,730 as the Financial Times reported that Temasek had rebuffed an approach by three Chinese banks to acquire its 17 per cent stake in Standard Chartered. ABN Amro said the fact that Temasek has refused the offers suggests there is some possibility that these Chinese banks will over time build their stake in the open market with obvious positive implications for the share price. Meanwhile the Sunday Express said Friends Provident's days as an independent group are numbered as it is understood that giants Zurich. Old Mutual and Axa are all preparing bids for the firm. Friends Provident shares added 3.5 to 160.0. Following a trading statement this morning. Barratt Developments recouped some of its recent losses adding 19-1/2 to 524. Barratt said net average selling prices in the period to the end of October increased by 2 pct despite average sales discounts running marginally higher than the same period last year and it expects its operating margin for the half year to be 'broadly' in line with the guidance given at the preliminary results. In reaction. Merrill Lynch repeated its 'buy' stance and 1,000 pence price target. The broker said it believes at the very least the stock deserves to eliminate its current valuation discount given the robustness of current trading and potential deal synergies from the Wilson Bowden acquisition. Also on the upside was WPP Group adding 9 to 597. The advertising and marketing company confirmed this morning it has bought a 75 pct stake in Indian web agency Quasar Media Pte as part of its strategy to develop its services in fast growing markets and strengthen its capabilities in digital media. WPP said digital advertising is expected to become a 560 mln usd industry in India by 2009 representing almost 7 pct share of the total advertising market in the country. Moving onto the Footsie fallers. Northern Rock remained in the spotlight plummeting over 17 pct or 22.7 to 109.9 after it said approaches from potential suitors it has received so far value the group 'materially below' its 559 mln stg market capitalisation at the end of last week. Continued M&A talk surrounded BHP Billiton. It claimed shareholders were supportive of its proposed mining mega-merger with Rio Tinto the Times newspaper reported quoting BHP chief executive Marius Kloppers. BHP shares fell 9 to 1,593 early on. Among the midcaps. Gyrus Group soared a massive 57 pct or 230 to 630 following news Japan's Olympus Corporation has agreed a 630 pence/share offer for Gyrus implying an enterprise value for Gyrus of about 1.026 bln stg. The offer which has been recommended by Gyrus' board represents a premium of 58 pct to the closing price of 400 pence per Gyrus Share on Nov 16 -- the last business day before the announcement was made. On the 250 downside. Burren Energy plummeted over 17 pct or 210 to 678 after Italy's Eni SpA terminated its bid discussions with the UK group. Finally. Tomkins were lower after Goldman Sachs downgraded the group to 'sell' from 'neutral' with a cut in target price to 175 pence from 210 pence following the credit crunch. Tomkins shares were 1-1/2 lower at 187-1/2 tf. TFN-Europe_newsdesk@thomson comjb1/salCOPYRIGHTCopyright Thomson Financial News Limited 2007. All rights reserved. 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(Updating with full details)LONDON (Thomson Financial) - UK blue-chips were up early on aided by a rebound on in the US on Friday and with M&A lifting Standard Chartered and Friends Provident while Northern Rock plummeted over 17 pct on news approaches are below its market capitalisation. At 9.05 the FTSE 100 was up 14.1 points at 6305.3 and the FTSE 250 was 95.0 points higher at 10,861.2. Volume was 247.5 mln shares in 72,275 trades. On Wall St on Friday the DJIA finished a volatile day up 66.74 points or 0.51 percent to 13,176.79. Broader indicators also recovered in late trade. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 7.59 or 0.52 percent to 1,458.74. The Nasdaq composite index rose 18.73 or 0.72 percent to 2,637.24 after set aside some concerns about the banking sector and the health of the overall economy. This morning in Asia the picture was less rosy. Japan's Nikkei closed down 112.05 points or 0.7 pct at 15,042.56 as comments about the state of the US housing market continued to unsettle investors. The Hang Seng ended the morning down 241.60 points or 0.9 pct at 27,372.83. Also in Asia. New York's main contract light sweet crude for January delivery was 66 cents higher at 94.50 usd. On Friday the January contract settled up 1.77 usd at 93.84 usd per barrel. The December contract expired Friday closing 1.67 dollars higher at 95.10 dollars. Back in London. Standard Chartered shares climbed 64 pence to 1,730 as the Financial Times reported that Temasek had rebuffed an approach by three Chinese banks to acquire its 17 per cent stake in Standard Chartered. ABN Amro said the fact that Temasek has refused the offers suggests there is some possibility that these Chinese banks will over time build their stake in the open market with obvious positive implications for the share price. Meanwhile the Sunday Express said Friends Provident's days as an independent group are numbered as it is understood that giants Zurich. Old Mutual and Axa are all preparing bids for the firm. Friends Provident shares added 3.5 to 160.0. Following a trading statement this morning. Barratt Developments recouped some of its recent losses adding 19-1/2 to 524. Barratt said net average selling prices in the period to the end of October increased by 2 pct despite average sales discounts running marginally higher than the same period last year and it expects its operating margin for the half year to be 'broadly' in line with the guidance given at the preliminary results. In reaction. Merrill Lynch repeated its 'buy' stance and 1,000 pence price target. The broker said it believes at the very least the stock deserves to eliminate its current valuation discount given the robustness of current trading and potential deal synergies from the Wilson Bowden acquisition. Also on the upside was WPP Group adding 9 to 597. The advertising and marketing company confirmed this morning it has bought a 75 pct stake in Indian web agency Quasar Media Pte as part of its strategy to develop its services in fast growing markets and strengthen its capabilities in digital media. WPP said digital advertising is expected to become a 560 mln usd industry in India by 2009 representing almost 7 pct share of the total advertising market in the country. Moving onto the Footsie fallers. Northern Rock remained in the spotlight plummeting over 17 pct or 22.7 to 109.9 after it said approaches from potential suitors it has received so far value the group 'materially below' its 559 mln stg market capitalisation at the end of last week. Continued M&A talk surrounded BHP Billiton. It claimed shareholders were supportive of its proposed mining mega-merger with Rio Tinto the Times newspaper reported quoting BHP chief executive Marius Kloppers. BHP shares fell 9 to 1,593 early on. Among the midcaps. Gyrus Group soared a massive 57 pct or 230 to 630 following news Japan's Olympus Corporation has agreed a 630 pence/share offer for Gyrus implying an enterprise value for Gyrus of about 1.026 bln stg. The offer which has been recommended by Gyrus' board represents a premium of 58 pct to the closing price of 400 pence per Gyrus Share on Nov 16 -- the last business day before the announcement was made. On the 250 downside. Burren Energy plummeted over 17 pct or 210 to 678 after Italy's Eni SpA terminated its bid discussions with the UK group. Finally. Tomkins were lower after Goldman Sachs downgraded the group to 'sell' from 'neutral' with a cut in target price to 175 pence from 210 pence following the credit crunch. Tomkins shares were 1-1/2 lower at 187-1/2 tf. TFN-Europe_newsdesk@thomson comjb1/salCOPYRIGHTCopyright Thomson Financial News Limited 2007. All rights reserved. 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(Corrects headline in yesterday's story to read 1 bln eur)LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Travelodge the UK calculate hotel arrange said it is to 1 bln eur in Spain opening 100 and creating 2,000 by 2020. It ordain initially aim major cities including Madrid. Barcelona and Valencia before rolling out to other major cities suburban areas and airports. Each hotel will have around 80-100 rooms.'A burgeoning tourism market favourable economic conditions and significant growth in internet usage were the key drivers in the decision to grow in this region,' said Travelodge owned by Dubai International Capital in a statement. It added the expansion follows the pilot of three Spanish hotels -- two in Madrid and one in Barcelona.'While there is a very strong growth outlook in the UK for the next 10-15 years we have demonstrated through our pilot that the Travelodge copy works in Spain and the time is right to capitalise on this bespeak,' chief executive Grant Hearn said monicca egoy@thomson commbe/jag/nesCOPYRIGHTCopyright Thomson Financial News Limited 2007. All rights reserved. The copying republication or redistribution of Thomson Financial News circumscribe including by framing or similar means is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Financial News. You must log in to access this area of the site. If you are not a registered user to write up for instant find! *ABCMoney co uk does not guarantee the accuracy of any share prices or have quotations displayed. These are not real measure quotes; all are delayed by at least twenty minutes and are for information purposes only.

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