Market 報告（する）／憶測: Wednesday の近くに

By Mickey Clark for MailOnline
Updated: 17:06 BST, 12 January 2005

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OIL GIANT 爆撃する may be off to sunny Spain to 上げる its 使い果たすd oil and gas reserves. At least, that was the whisper in the Square Mile today after 報告（する）／憶測s that the troubled group may be lining up a multi-billion 引き継ぎ／買収 of Repsol.

Spanish newspaper La Gaceta de los Negocios says 爆撃する is pondering an 申し込む／申し出 of ?23 a 株 for Repsol, valuing it at £19.3bn. Repsol 株 の近くにd yesterday in Madrid at ?18.70. Last month, it bought 爆撃する's 液化するd 石油 gas 操作／手術 in Portugal and they are working together in Iran.

仲買人s in London 扱う／治療するd the 報告（する）／憶測 with a fair degree of scepticism and that was 反映するd in 爆撃する's price, which slipped 2?p to 442?p. Neither 味方する would comment. 爆撃する is still getting to 支配するs with the fallout from last year's oil reserves fiasco which resulted in more than 20% wiped off its 調書をとる／予約する value and 長，率いるs rolling in the boardroom.

The new 管理／経営 has 始める，決める about 再編成 the 商売／仕事, 含むing the 複雑にするd 所有権 structure between the Dutch 管理／経営 of 王室の Dutch/爆撃する and that of the UK arm that makes up 爆撃する 輸送（する） and 貿易（する）ing. BP slipped 1?p to 506?p に引き続いて its fourth-４半期/4分の1 貿易（する）ing update.

引き継ぎ／買収 憶測 解除するd Aggregate 産業s 26p to 140p. Switzerland's Holcim is considering a 企て，努力，提案 which would value the building 製品s group at £1.8bn, or 137p a 株.

Some big lines of Aggregate were going through on the ticker, 含むing 4.3m 株 at 143?p. 売買業者s said hedge 基金s were 買い手s and looking for a higher 申し込む／申し出.

企て，努力，提案 憶測 also 流出／こぼすd over into 競争相手 Hanson, which led the 最高の，を越す 100 companies higher with a leap of 19?p to 481p.

投資家s were fighting a rearguard 活動／戦闘 to keep 株 above the 4800 support level but the FTSE 100 索引 の近くにd 35.1 points lower at 4,783.6.

Shire 製薬のs slid 16 points to 599p にもかかわらず Morgan Stanley moving it from equalweight to overweight and raising its 的 from 570p to 680p. The 仲買人 was impressed by the 最近の 贈呈 given by 管理／経営 and has high hopes for the tie-up with River 製薬のs, which should produce new 製品s to 取って代わる Adderall XR when it loses 特許 保護.

It was the first day of 貿易（する）ing on the 代案／選択肢 投資 Market for Dromana 広い地所s, a 生産者 of Australian 罰金 ワインs, に引き続いて a placing of 5.45m new 株 at 11p. They already enjoy a 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）ing on the Sydney 在庫／株 交流 and opened in London at 13p.

The 女性 住宅 markets may have repercussions for 化学製品s and paints 巨大（な） ICI, 負かす／撃墜する 3?p at 235p. That is the 結論 of US 投資 bank JP Morgan which has repeated its underweight 率ing. 利ざやs continue to come under 圧力 from higher raw 構成要素s costs, but cashflow is 改善するing.

部隊d 商売／仕事 マスコミ fell 8p to 511p. 仲買人 Credit Suisse First Boston downgraded it from 中立の to underperform after the 株 reached its 12-month 的 price. It says the 9% 決起大会／結集させる since the start of the year has been driven by the 仮定／引き受けること that the company's new 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある will rationalise the 商売／仕事 mix.

JP Morgan does not think there is much left to go for in Liberty International, 負かす／撃墜する 6p at 942?p, either and has decided to downgrade the 所有物／資産／財産 developer from overweight to 中立の.