Market 報告（する）／憶測: Monday の近くに

By MICKEY CLARK FOR MAILONLINE
Updated: 00:00 BST, 16 December 2002

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SPECULATION about a 企て，努力，提案 for 所有物／資産／財産 developer 広大な／多数の／重要な Portland 広い地所s 強めるd today after a 小包 of 株 価値（がある） £24m changed 手渡すs.

The 株 答える／応じるd 前向きに／確かに, rising off the 底（に届く） 8p to 224 1/2p, as it 現れるd that Footsie newcomer Liberty International had raised its 火刑／賭ける. Liberty, 負かす／撃墜する 5p at 575p, has snapped up 11.21m 株 (5.4%) at 217 1/2p, 解除するing its total 持つ／拘留するing to 39.5m, or 19.4 %. At the last count, GPE's 逮捕する 資産 value was 307p a 株. City 相場師s say the 半端物s on a 十分な 企て，努力，提案 have 縮めるd. The 残り／休憩（する） of the market was making an 成果／努力 to claw 支援する some of last week's losses, helped by 開始 伸び（る）s for the Dow Jones on 塀で囲む Street this afternoon. The FTSE 100 ended up 105.9 points at 3984.

Publisher Pearson failed to impress the City with last week's bullish 貿易（する）ing update and was today 攻撃する，衝突する by a clutch of 仲買人 downgrades after 警告 the advertising 低迷 at its 財政上の Times 子会社 was 始める，決める to continue.

US 安全s house Goldman Sachs has lowered its 収入s 予測（する） for 2002 by 2% and for next year by a whopping 13%. Goldman says that in 新規加入 to hitting 収入s, weak 貿易（する）ing at the FT will eat into the group's working 資本／首都, offsetting any 利益s accrued from 再編成 the 調書をとる／予約する-publishing 商売／仕事. A weak dollar is also 推定する／予想するd to dent 利益（をあげる）s. Every 3% move in the 英貨の／純銀の/dollar 交流 率 wipes £15bn off 収入s.

Lehman Brothers remains overweight in the 株 but has 減ずるd its 的 price from 890p to 849p 同様に as lowering its 収入s 予測（する） for 2003. US 投資 bank JP Morgan has 削減（する） its 収入s 予測（する） from 39p to 37p while Schroder Salomon Smith Barney is reckoned to have turned more 用心深い. Pearson rose 5p to 638 1/2p.

British American タバコ rose 1p to 614p にもかかわらず several 肯定的な 推薦s from 主要な players in the City. 仲買人 Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein led the 急ぐ after telling （弁護士の）依頼人s the 株 were a buy. It was soon joined by 競争相手 Merrill Lynch, which takes a 類似の 見解（をとる） of prospects for Britain's biggest タバコ 生産者. The 株 are 貿易（する）ing 井戸／弁護士席 below their summer 頂点（に達する） of 819p but 仲買人s say they have the 防御の 質s that make them attractive in 耐える markets.

競争相手 Gallaher 退却／保養地d 5 1/2p to 595p after 安心させるing the City that 貿易（する）ing remained in line with 期待s. 皇室の タバコ put on 11p at 1003p.

< b>Boots rose 19 1/2p to 569 1/2p on learning of the boardroom 改造（する）. But 示すs & Spencer was a weak market, 落ちるing 10 1/4p to 324p まっただ中に 報告（する）／憶測s that 着せる／賦与するing sales have been 不振の in the run-up to Christmas.

Marlborough Stirling fell 6 1/2p to 37 1/2p after 説 歳入s for 2003 would be no higher than last year's. 新規採用 specialist Robert Walters fell 8 1/2p to 48 1/2p after 警告 about 貿易（する）ing 条件s.

British Polythene said the second half of its 財政上の year will not be as good as the first six months. Operating 利益（をあげる）s are 予測（する） to be below previous 期待s at £3m. The 株 fell 24p to 243 1/2p.

Another company 推定する／予想するing to do no better than break even is Howle, 負かす／撃墜する 5p at 11p. 落ちるing 需要・要求する at its 事業／計画（する） 分割 has resulted in the 終結 of its Greenford 場所／位置.

? Prices and indices in this section are 供給（する）d from さまざまな sources and calculated at different times and may not always match those 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d on the 場所／位置.

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