MARKET REPORT: Ashtead ブイ，浮標d by 企て，努力，提案 rumours

By GEOFF FOSTER FOR MAILONLINE
Updated: 22:57 BST, 2 December 2010

Around ten years ago に引き続いて a 戦略の review, Ashtead put itself up for sale but failed to find a 買い手. Two years later a 国際借款団／連合 of US 投機・賭ける 資本主義者s is believed to have made a cash 申し込む／申し出 価値（がある） around £900million, but it was 拒絶するd.

The 産業の 器具／備品 賃貸しの group has somehow remained 独立した・無所属 but punters still live in hope that a 入札者 might one d ay pounce. 生き返らせるd rumours of 私的な 公正，普通株主権 利益／興味 yesterday 誘発するd buying of the 在庫／株 and the の近くに was 13.1p up at a year's 頂点（に達する） of 144.6p.

Helping the 在庫／株's 原因（となる） too was an Oriel 安全s' 'buy' 推薦 ahead of next Thursday's 暫定的な 人物／姿／数字s. 分析家 圧力をかけて脅す（悩ます） Forsythe 予測（する）s a 40 per cent jump in first-half 利益（をあげる）s to £28.1million. But he 推定する／予想するs a £15million loss in the 季節的に 女性 secondhalf, which will drag the 十分な-year 結果 支援する to £12.9million.

Ashtead was recently ブイ，浮標d by forecastbeating results from US peer 部隊d 賃貸しのs. and Forsyth sees その上の growth in its US (n)艦隊／(a)素早い 分割.

There's no 商売／仕事 like snow 商売／仕事. 緊急 services group Homeserve climbed 16.5p to 455.8p after fielding a 記録，記録的な／記録する 7,527 calls on Wednesday. That's 40 per cent higher than on the same day in 2008 and 2009 as an 前例のない number of boilers and frozen water 麻薬を吸うs 割れ目d or buckled in the 北極の 天候 条件s.

The 現在の dog of the support services 部門 is Mouchel. 株 of the 病んでいる outsourcing and 協議するing group 崩壊（する）d to 58.25p before finishing 11.5p off at 66p. 投資家s sprinted for the 出口 on 審理，公聴会 確定／確認 its 貸す人s have 任命するd Deloitte to 行為／行う a review of the 商売／仕事 as part of its refinancing discussions.

There was no stopping the Footsie as it raced a その上の 125.06 points ahead to 5,767.56. After November's 2.6 per cent 拒絶する／低下する on worries about eurozone 負債, the 索引 has got December off to a 飛行機で行くing start, leaping 239 points in two days. 信用／信任 has returned and bulls are 毅然とした that the 伝統的な pre-Christmas 決起大会／結集させる has started.

London was helped by Spain 総理大臣 Jose Luis-Rodriguez Zapatero repeating yet again that the country's banking system is healthy. That helped 緩和する 売買業者s' 失望 that ジーンズ-Claude Trichet 選ぶd against 増加するing the European Central Bank's 社債 購入（する） programme for now.

Rupert Watson, 長，率いる of 資産 配分 at Skandia 投資 Group, said: 'Our 見解（をとる） for 2011 is 現在／一般に very much half 十分な rather than half empty. 利益／興味 率s will remain exceptionally low and 公正，普通株主権s remain cheap, 特に versus 社債s and cash.'

塀で囲む Street's 早期に 伸び（る） of 76 points followed a 全く 予期しない 10.4 per cent 殺到する in October 未解決の 存在するing home sales. わずかに worsethanexpected US 初期の 失業 （人命などを）奪う，主張するs were ignored and hopes are 超高層ビル high that today's 重要な US 雇用 data will show another jump in the number of 職業s created.

GlaxoSmithKline, the 麻薬s 巨大（な）, was sold 負かす／撃墜する to 1219.5p after US regulators 支配するd against the wider use of Avodart, 説 the 治療 for an 大きくするd prostate should not be used to 妨げる prostate 癌 developing as it might 増加する the chances of 患者s 苦しむing from more 積極的な forms of the 病気. A late 決起大会／結集させる left the の近くに 10.5p dearer at 1241.5p.

株 of car and 航空宇宙学 parts 製造業者 GKN 加速するd 15p to a two-and-ahalf-year high of 210.4. 買い手s stepped on the gas after US 自動車 sales showed a 17pc rise in November from a year ago.

Chairman Jacques Nasser's 購入（する） of 40,000 株 at 2,259.77p and firmer metal prices helped 採掘 巨大（な） BHP Billiton end the day 87p higher at 2450p. Vedanta 資源s 前進するd 127p to 2172p. Hoping to enjoy a bumper festive 貿易（する）ing season, 高級な goods group Burberry 削減（する） a dash at 1099p, up 67p.

As 競争相手 sports retailer JJB Sports (1.04p 負かす／撃墜する at 4.75p) struggles to 生き残る, trendier high street group JD Sports 明らかに continues to 栄える. Its 株 rose 69p to 861p.

首相 Foods 追加するd 2.02p at 18.53p に引き続いて 報告（する）／憶測s that the world's biggest food group Nestle is in 会談 to buy the meat-解放する／自由な food 範囲 Quorn from the 負債-laden group for around £230million.

The snow's 厳しい disruption to horse-racing and 恐れるs the 冷淡な snap will continue 井戸／弁護士席 into next week left bookmaker Ladbrokes friendless at 125.2p, 負かす／撃墜する 0.4p.

A Morgan Stanley 推薦 and an 増加する in 的 price to 920p from 840p attracted 買い手s to Synergy Health, 19p to the good at 819.5p. Medavinci, a gold play in Serbia, 緩和するd 0.02p to 0.465p on talk of an 切迫した 基金-raising.

PART-nationalised Lloyds Banking Group,

2.51p better at 66.56p, is 進化 安全s' new 最高の，を越す 有罪の判決 Buy. The 仲買人 says it is still the best turnaround 在庫／株 in the 部門. Its 的 price is 118p. Antonio Horta-Osorio's 任命 as 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある is 広大な／多数の／重要な news and the two areas where he should excel are efficiency and 利ざやs. 投資家s could 二塁打 their money on a 18 to 24-month period, 進化 argued.