LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE DAILY MARKET SUMMARY
AND ANALYSIS (Late Edition) ARCHIVES

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Market Summary and Analysis for Wednesday January 2nd. 2002

FTSE 250: 5961.6 = +22.5

FTSE A/S: 2525.7 = +1.8

TechMARK 100: 1473.2 = +0.5

SUMMARY & ANALYSIS

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) FTSE 100 and the TechMARK 100 closed the first day of trading in 2002 on a mildly positive note. Gainers included: Abbey National, Acambis Plc, AIT Group Plc, Alliance & Leicester,  Amvescap Plc, Anglo American, Astrazeneca Plc, Autonomy Corp, Avon Rubber Plc, Azlan Group Plc, BAA Plc, BAE Systems Plc, Balfour Beatty Plc, Baltimore Technology, BOC Group Plc, Boots Co. Plc, British Airways, British Biotech Plc, British Land Co. Plc, BTG Plc, Cable & Wireless, Cadbury Schweppes, Carphone Warehouse, CMG Plc, Cobham Plc, Colt Telecom Group Plc, Dicom Group Plc, Dixons Group Plc, Electrocomponent Plc, EMI Group Plc, Friends Provident, Galen Holdings Plc, GKN Plc, Granada Plc, GUS Plc, Hays Plc, HBOS, Hilton Group Plc, HSBC Holdings Plc, ICI Plc, Imagination Technology, Imperial Tobacco, Indigovision Group Plc, Innogy Holdings, Invensys Plc, IQE Plc, Isoft Group Plc, ITouch Plc, Kingston Communications, Land Securities Plc, Legal & General Plc, Lloyds TSB, Logica Plc, London Bridge Software, Marlborough Sterling, Merant Plc, Misys Plc, MmO2 Plc, Morrison Supermarket, Morse Plc, National Grid, Ncipher Plc, Next Plc, Northern Rock Plc, Old Mutual, Pace Micro Tech, Parity Group Plc, Parthus Technology, Pearson Plc, Phytopharm Plc, Powderject Pharmaceuticals Plc, PPL Therapeutics, Prudential, Psion Plc, Reckitt Benckiser Plc, Renishaw Plc, Rentokil Initial Plc, Reuters Group Plc, RM Plc, Royal & Sun Alliance, Royal Bank of Scotland, SA Breweries Plc, Schroders Plc, Scipher Plc, Scottish Power, Selfridges Plc, Shell Transport & Trading, Signet Plc, Six Continents Plc, Skyepharma Plc, Smith & Nephew Plc, Smiths Group Plc, Spirent Plc, Standard Chartered Bank, Telemetrix Plc, Thomas Clarke Plc, Trafficmaster Plc, TTP Communications Plc, Ultra Electronics Holdings, Unilever Plc, Vernalis Group Plc, and Xansa Plc.

REASONS FOR ACTIVITIES

• Euro Zone Balance of payment Current Accounts improved in October by posting a surplus of 0.1 Billion Euros.
• The Euro rallied against the major currencies as the conversion went smother than expected.
• Anglo American gained 4.03% after its Luxembourg paper division offered 11.60 Euros a share for French Timber products giant, La Rochette.
• Carphone Warehouse gained 1.85% as analysts feel the sell-off on Monday was overdone.
• Retailers continued to enjoy gains today due to their stellar performance this Christmas.
• Logica gained 4.53% after announcing a £200 million 10-year contract to provide IT services for the State Prosecutors' offices in England and Wales.
• Avon Rubber gained 9.50% as the market awaits a takeover announcement, hopefully soon.
• Thomas Clarke gained 16.24% after announcing that its full year results will meet city estimates, and could be "significantly" higher.
• Banking shares rallied today after the market took a break from Argentina exposure worries.
• BT Group and Vodafone Group lost 1.38% and 1.53% respectively after the Daily Telegraph reported that the 2 companies talked last year about swapping £3 billion worth of European assets.
• Rental company Speedy Hire gained 0.85% after offering £13.5 million for Jewson's stand alone hire units.
• PPL Therapeutics, the company that produced Dolly the Sheep, gained 46.23% after announcing that it has produced 5 healthy "knock-out" piglets that were born on Christmas day. "knock-out" piglets have organs that can be transplanted to humans with little chance of rejection.

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Market Summary and Analysis for Monday December 31st. 2001

FTSE 250: 5939.1 = +25.4

FTSE A/S: 2523.9 = -8.6

TechMARK 100: 1472.7 = +5.2

SUMMARY & ANALYSIS

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) FTSE 100 and the TechMARK 100 closed lower as the markets couldn't wait to say good ridings to this nightmarish year. Gainers included: Acambis Plc, AEA Technology, Aegis Plc, Affinity Internet, Alliance & Leicester, Alkane Energy Plc, Amec Plc, Amersham, Associated British Foods Plc, BG Group Plc, BHP Billiton Plc, Boots Co. Plc, Anite Group Plc, Astrazeneca Plc, Axis-Shield Plc, Azlan Plc, Baltimore Technology, BG Group Plc, Biocompatibles, Bookham Technology, Boots Co. Plc, Brambles, British American Tobacco, Brixton Plc, BTG Plc, BT Group Plc, Cable & Wireless Plc, Cambridge Antibody, Canary Wharf Group Plc, Celltech Group Plc, CMG Plc, Colt Telecom Group Plc, Computacenter Plc, Dana Petroleum, Debenhams Plc, Eidos Plc, Electronic Boutique Plc, Energis Plc, Enterprise Oil, Fenner Plc, Fibernet Group Plc, Galen Holdings, GlaxoSmithKline Plc, Granada Plc, GUS, GWR Group Plc, Hit Entertainment, Imagination Tech. Plc, Indigovision Group Plc, Ifte Plc, International Power Plc, Intec Telecom, J Sainsbury, Kingfisher Plc, Land Securities Plc, Lattice Group Plc, Manchester United FC, Man Group Plc, Marconi Plc, Marlborough Sterling Plc, Medisys Plc, Meggitt Plc, Merant Plc, Minorplanet Systems, Motion Media Plc, Next Plc, Northgate Information Services, Parthus Tech, Project Telecom, Reed International, Regus Plc, Renishaw Plc, Rio Tinto Plc, Royalblue Group Plc, SA Breweries, Safeway Plc, Scipher Plc, Severn Trent, Shire Pharmaceuticals Group Plc, Skyepharma Plc, South Staffordshire Group, Surfcontrol Plc, Telemetrix Plc, Tesco Plc, Thus Plc, Torex Plc, TTP Communications, Turbo Genset Plc, Unite Group Plc, United Utilities Plc, Vernalis Group Plc, Vodafone Group Plc, White Young Green Plc, and WPP Group Plc.

REASONS FOR ACTIVITIES

• Oil shares closed lower as analysts doubt if OPEC has the discipline to hold its daily production cuts of 1.5 million barrels.
• Carphone Warehouse lost 12.20% after weekend press reported that handset sales were depressed for the Christmas holiday shopping season.
• Banking shares closed lower on fears of their exposure to Argentina debt and political crises.
• Affinity Internet, Alliance & Leicester, Brixton, Enterprise Oil, Fenner, GlaxoSmithKline, Severn Trent, Hit Entertainment gained after The Times selected them as its top picks for 2002. Today's losers like Abbey National, Royal bank of Scotland,  and Invensys were also selected.
• Alkane Energy, Electronic Boutique and Unite Group gained after The Mail on Sunday selected them as its top picks for 2002. Today's loser like Anglo American was also selected.
• Amec, BG Group, Cambridge Antibody, Colt Telecom, Eidos, and GWR Group gained after The Sunday Times selected them as its top picks for 2002. Today's losers like BAE Systems and Standard Chartered Bank were also selected.
• Aegis, Brixton, Colt Telecom, Manchester United FC, South Staffordshire Group, and Vodafone Group gained as The Observer selected them as its top picks for 2002. Today's loser like WH Smith was also selected.
• Boots Co, Debenhams, Ifte, Kingfisher, Next, and White Young Green gained after The Daily Mail selected them as its top picks for 2002. Today's losers like Barclays, EMI Group, and Jarvis were also selected.
• Alliance & Leicester and Shire Pharmaceuticals Group gained after The Sun selected them as its best picks next year.
• Manchester United FC gained 6.25% as the Observer pointed out some of the positives for the club next year: The Nike® sponsorship deal will be in effect; New chairman Roy Gardner will renegotiate a better TV deal; The Irish shareholders might make a bid for the club.

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Market Summary and Analysis for Friday December 28th. 2001

FTSE 250: 5913.7 = +39.4

FTSE A/S: 2532.5 = +14.1

TechMARK 100: 1467.6 = +13.1

SUMMARY & ANALYSIS

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) FTSE 100 and the TechMARK 100 closed higher today. Gainers included: Alliance & Leicester, Allied Domecq Plc, Amersham, Anglo American Plc, ARM Holdings, Astrazeneca Plc, Boots Co. Plc, BP Amoco Plc, BskyB Plc, BT Group Plc, Cadbury Schweppes Plc, Cambridge Antibody, Canary Wharf Group Plc, CGNU Plc, Computacenter Plc, Diageo Plc, Dimension Data, Eidos Plc, EMI Group Plc, Energis Plc, Enterprise Oil, Euromoney International, Gallaher Group Plc, GUS, HBOS Plc, HBSC Holdings, ICI Plc, Invensys Plc, Johnson Matthey Plc, Lattice Group Plc, Legal & General, Lloyds TSB, Logica Plc, Marks & Spencers, Misys Plc, Next Plc, Royal & Sun Alliance, Royal Bank of Scotland, SA Breweries, Scottish Power, Severn Trent, Shell Transport & Trading, Smiths Group Plc, Telewest Communications, TTP Communications Plc, Vernalis Group Plc, Whitbread Holdings Plc, Wolseley Plc, WPP Group Plc, and Xansa Plc.

REASONS FOR ACTIVITIES

• Oil shares gained after OPEC announced that starting on January 1st, it will cut its crude oil production by 1.5 million barrels a day for 6 months. Non-OPEC members have already agreed to cut about 465,000 barrels a day.
• Cedar Group was one of the leading decliners today by losing 63.04% after announcing that it will accept a takeover offer below its Thursday closing prices - the sure sign of a financially strapped company.
• Retailers continued their gains today due to a strong performance this Christmas holiday.
• US consumer confidence and home sales data fueled today's rally as analysts expect a recovery this coming year.
• Utilities, banking, and some media shares gained.
• Technology shares gained  as their counterparts across the Atlantic got upgrades and improved outlooks.
• HSBC Holdings gained after announcing that it is paying $62.6 million for an 8% stake in Bank of Shanghai. HSBC is the first outside commercial bank to hold a stake in a Mainland China bank.
• Regus lost 14% after issuing £40 million in convertible bonds so as to shore up its finances.
• Astrazeneca gained 1.9% after supplying data to the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) about its cancer treatment drug, Iressa™.

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Market Summary and Analysis for Thursday December 27th. 2001

FTSE 250: 5874.3 = +27.4

FTSE A/S: 2518.3 = +16.2

TechMARK 100: 1454.4 = +9.4

SUMMARY & ANALYSIS

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) FTSE 100 and the TechMARK 100 closed higher today. Gainers included: 3i Group Plc, Alliance & Leicester, Allied Domecq Plc, Amersham, Amvescap Plc, Anglo American Plc, ARM Holdings, Associated British Foods, Boots Co. Plc, BP Amoco Plc, Brambles Industries, British American Tobacco, BT Group Plc, Cable & Wireless, Cadbury Schweppes Plc, Canary Wharf Group Plc, CGNU Plc, Computacenter Plc, Diageo Plc, Dixons Group Plc, Electrocomponent, Energis Plc, Gallaher Group Plc, HBOS Plc, ICI Plc, Invensys Plc, Kidde Plc, Kingston Communications, KS Biomedix, LastMinute.Com, Lattice Group Plc, Legal & General, Lloyds TSB, Logica Plc, Marks & Spencers, Medisys Plc, Misys Plc, Morse Plc, Morrison Supermarket Plc, P&O Princess Cruise Plc, Prudential Plc, Royal & Sun Alliance, Royal Bank of Scotland, Shell Transport & Trading, Smiths Group Plc, Telewest Communications, Telework Systems, Tesco Plc, TTP Communications Plc, Vernalis Group Plc, Vodafone Group Plc, WPP Group Plc, and Xansa Plc.

REASONS FOR ACTIVITIES

• Oil shares closed higher on the eve of the OPEC emergency meeting on December 28th. in Cairo.
• Insurers were some of the best gainers today.
• P&O Princess gained 1.1% after stating that it expects to post about 28p/share in profits for full year ending December 31st.
• Retailers gained after ringing up some strong Christmas sales.
• Chip related shares gained due to positive analysts comments on US rivals like Atmel and AMD.
• Telecommunications shares gained on optimism that the sector might see a recovery next year.
• Tesco gained 0.20% after stating again that it will continue with its expansion plans next year and create about 8,000 jobs in the UK, and about 12,000 outside the UK. Tesco's online site, Tesco.Com, was also one of the hottest online shopping destinations this Christmas season.
• Banking shares also closed higher.

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Market Summary and Analysis for Monday December 24th. 2001

FTSE 250: 5846.9 = +20.5

FTSE A/S: 2502.1 = +8.5

TechMARK 100: 1445.0 = +13.1

SUMMARY & ANALYSIS

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) FTSE 100 and the TechMARK 100 closed higher on this short Christmas Eve trading day. Gainers included: 3i Group Plc, Allied Irish Bank (AIB), Alphameric Plc, Amersham, Amvescap Plc, Anite Group Plc, ARM Holdings, Associated British Foods, Autonomy Corp, Axis-Shield Plc, Barclays Plc, BG Group Plc, BHP Billiton Plc, BP Amoco Plc, Brambles Industries, British Land Co. Plc, BTG Group Plc, BT Group Plc, Cambridge Antibody, Capital Group Plc, Celltech Group Plc, CGNU Plc, Chesterton International Plc, CMG Plc, Compass Group Plc, Computacenter Plc, Dataflex Plc, Diagonal Plc, Enterprise Oil Plc, Filtronic Plc, FirstGroup Plc, GB Railways Plc, GKN Plc, Granada Plc, Hammerson Plc, HBOS Plc, Hilton Group Plc, HSBC Holdings Plc, ICI Plc, Indigovision Group Plc, Innovation Group Plc, Invensys Plc, Kingston Communications, Lattice Group Plc, Legal & General, Lloyds TSB Group, Logica Plc, Marconi Plc, Misys Plc, Morrison Supermarket Plc, Next Plc, Old Mutual, Pearson Plc, Psion Plc, Rank Group Plc, Reuters Group Plc, Rio Tinto Plc, Royal Bank of Scotland, RTL Group Plc, Scipher Plc, Shell Transport & Trading, Shire Pharmaceuticals Group, Smiths Group Plc, Smith & Nephew Plc, Spirent Plc, Standard Chartered Bank, Telework Systems, Tesco Plc, Thus Plc, Vernalis Group Plc, Vodafone Group Plc, WPP Group Plc, and Yule Catto & Co. Plc.

REASONS FOR ACTIVITIES

• Oil shares closed higher on expectations that the OPEC emergency meeting on December 28th. will cut crude oil production as much as the 1.5 million barrels a day the cartel and non-cartel members seem to be eyeing.
• Rank Group gained 2.48% after The Sunday Times reported that its CEO has acquired shares in the company.
• Cookson Group closed unchanged despite announcing that it has secured £450 million in a line of credit. Cookson also expects its full year results to meet city estimates.
• Telecommunications equipment makers, semiconductor related shares, and banking shares were some of the biggest gainers in today's short trading day.
• Lattice Group gained 0.83% after The Times reported today that Lattice is not after the UK assets of Global Crossing.
• Pearson gained 3.04% and helped push media shares higher after selling its 22% stake in pan-European broadcast giant, RTL Group, to Germany's Bertelsmann. RTL Group gained 9.52% on the news.
• Chesterton International gained 18.75% after The Mail on Sunday identified it as a takeover target of construction giant, Taylor Woodrow. Taylor Woodrow closed unchanged.
• Caterer Compass Group gained 3.97% after paying £40.7 million in cash for the 2 Swissair Group catering units, Rail Gourmet™, and Restorama™.
• Dataflex gained 3.26% after announcing that due to poor market conditions, it is folding its US operations and save about £2.4 million a year.

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Market Summary and Analysis for Friday December 21st. 2001

FTSE 250: 5826.4 = +12.4

FTSE A/S: 2493.6 = +32.6

TechMARK 100: 1431.9 = +6.4

SUMMARY & ANALYSIS

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) FTSE 100 and the TechMARK 100 closed higher today. Gainers included: Abbey National, AEA Technology, Aegis Group Plc, Allied Domecq Plc, Anglo American, Amersham, ARM Holdings, Astrazeneca Plc, BAA Plc, BAE Systems Plc, Baltimore Technology, Barclays Plc, BBA Group Plc, BG Group Plc, BHP Billiton Plc, Biocompatibles, Bookham Technology, BP Amoco Plc, Brambles Industries, British Airways Plc, British American Tobacco, British Land Co. Plc, BskyB Plc, BTG Group Plc, Cable & Wireless, Cadbury Schweppes Plc, Celltech Plc, Diageo Plc, EMI Group Plc, Enterprise Oil Plc, Friends Provident, Gallaher Group Plc, GlaxoSmithKline, GUS Plc, Imperial Tobacco, Innogy Holdings, Innovation Group Plc, International Power, IQE Plc, J Sainsbury, Kingfisher Plc, KS Biomedix, Land Securities, Lloyds TSB Group, Marconi Plc, Marks & Spencer, Medisys Plc, MmO2, National Express Plc, Ncipher Plc, Old Mutual, Prudential Plc, Regus Plc, Rentokil Initial Plc, Rio Tinto Plc, SA Breweries Plc, Safeway Plc, Scottish Power, Shell Transport & Trading, Severn trent Plc, Six Continents Plc, Skyepharma Plc, Smith & Nephew Plc, Standard Chartered Bank, Tesco Plc, Tomkins Plc, Unilever Plc, United Utilities Plc, Vodafone Group Plc, Whatman Plc, and Wolseley Plc.

REASONS FOR ACTIVITIES

• Oil shares closed higher on expectations that the OPEC emergency meeting next week will cut crude oil production.
• Insurers were hit today after Zurich Financial issued a profit warning.
• Banking shares recovered from concerns about Argentina.
• Marconi gained 16.07% after announcing that it will meet its debt payment target about 3 months earlier than schedule, now that it has agreed to sell its washing machine business.
• South African based shares gained after South African officials announced their intentions to find a solution for its sliding currency, the Rand.
• Tomkins gained 0.48% after agreeing to an out of court settlement in a lawsuit brought by former CEO, Greg Hutchings.