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LONDON (AFX) - FTSE 100 risersReuters 451-1/4 up 15-1/4Talk of possible LBOBHP Billiton 913 up 27Stronger commodity pricesReed Elsevier 595 up 12LBO talkPearson 799 up 23Break-up talkCarnival 2,724 up 38Deutsche Bank reiterates 'buy' & ups target to 3,600 pence from 3,480ITV 108-1/2 up 1-1/2Deutsche Bank 'buy' from 'hold'Vedanta Resources 1,111 up 19Tracking commodity pricesPrudential 722 up 11Reportedly poised to offload private equity armYell Group 591 up 13Goldman Sachs reiterates 'buy' with 650p target; Cazenove positiveDrax Group 709 up 8-1/2Goldman Sachs upgrade yesterdayRolls-Royce 467 up 12Singapore Airlines dealBG 639-1/2 up 7Citigroup ups target to 700 pence from 680Experian 583 up 3UBS targets 650 penceVodafone 148-1/4 up 2-1/2Morgan Stanley/Lehman 'overweight'FTSE 100 fallersTate and Lyle 739 down 18Morgan Stanley's least favourite food producerPersimmon 1,438 down 34Rate hike unsettlesEnterprise Inns 1,275 down 24Profit-takingAlliance Boots 817-1/2 down 16Mixed trading updateJ Sainsbury 408-1/4 down 6-1/4In-line Q3 trading statementStandard Life 293 down 3Citigroup 'sell' from 'hold'Morrison Supermarkets 283-1/2 down 2-3/4Morgan Stanley 'underweight'Whitbread 1,667 down 25Profit-takingBritish Land 1,562 down 18Morgan Stanley reportedly placing 3.3 mln sharesFTSE 250 risersSpectris Group 804-1/2 up 58Pre-close update pleases; Altium 'hold' from are duce'Taylor Nelson 216-1/4 up 10-3/4Encouraging trading update; Cazenove 'outperform'; Deutsche Bank 'buy'CSR 646 up 26UBS, ABN Amro both repeat 'buy' in the wake of Apple iPhone announcementTomkins 253-1/2 up 6-3/4With Spectris; directorate changeDaily Mail & General 'A' 740 up 19Morgan Stanley reiterates 'overweight' & ups target to 820 pence from 730Tullow Oil 371-3/4 up 9-1/4Citigroup reiterates 'buy' & ups target to 440 pence from 430JJB Sports 244-1/2 up 4-1/2Trading update yesterdayCarphone Warehouse 319-1/2 up 6-3/4Trading update due tomorrowFTSE 250 fallersPartyGaming 32 down 1-3/4UBS reportedly places 160 mln shares at 30-1/2 pence apieceRedrow 668 down 22-1/2Trading statement fails to inspire; BoE hikes repo rate to 5.25 pctAshmore Group 240 down 10Profit-taking after trading updateGreene King 1,072 down 44Deutsche Bank 'hold' from 'buy'HMV Group 141 down 5-3/424.5 mln stg H1 operating loss; Seymour Pierce reiterates 'underperform'Bovis Homes 1,044 down 40UBS 'neutral' from 'buy' with 1,175 pence target; BoE hikes repo rateBarratt Developments 1,194 down 35Bank of England hikes repo rate to 5.25 pctOther risersOptimistic Entertainment 7.75 up 3.00Co expects break-even at operating level from H2 of 2007Brady 45 up 9-1/2Upbeat trading updateHardy Amies 2.12 up 0.752006 retail sales up 27.3 pctMobile Streams 41-1/2 up 6-1/2Upbeat trading update woos investorsCEPS 0.90 up 0.10To buy Sunline Direct Mail for up to 4.3 mln stg, sees FY profit riseBlavod Extreme Spirits 13-1/4 up 1-1/2UK shipments up more than 62 pct in 3-month Christmas periodGame Group 123-3/4 up 10Upbeat trading statement; Altium 'buy'Ark Therapeutics 125-1/2 up 6-3/4Positive research updateOther fallersIdeal Shopping Direct 216 down 54FY profits warningSouth China Resources 9 down 2-3/4Danfeng project update disappointsAmteus 57-1/2 down 12Co needs to raise additional working capitalC&C Group 11.94 eur down 1.41Worries about cider salesFiberweb 200-3/4 down 5-3/4Negative trading update; Charles Stanley cuts to 'sell'Computacenter 273-1/4 down 4-3/4Deutsche Bank 'sell' with 220 pence targetnewsdesk@afxnews.comnma/amCOPYRIGHTCopyright AFX News Limited 2006. All rights reserved.The copying, republication or redistribution of AFX News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of AFX News.AFX News and AFX Financial News Logo are registered trademarks of AFX News Limited
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