Tufton Assets Share Discussion Threads

[maywillow] 20/1/2004 11:03

PARIS (AFX) - Market data at 10.11 am:

Major indices:
CAC-40 down 11.13 at 3,678.84
SBF-80 down 2.47 at 3,372.58
SBF-120 down 6.86 at 2,606.25

Volume: 474 mln eur
8 CAC-40 stocks up
31 CAC-40 stocks down
1 CAC-40 stock flat

Major gainers:
-Schneider Electric up 0.10 at 54.65 after in-line full-year sales
-Alstom up 0.16 or 11.3 pct at 1.57 after it was upgraded to 'buy' from
'sell' at Deutsche Bank after the French engineering group won a 680 mln eur
turbine contract from Gas Natural yesterday
-LVMH up 0.90 at 62.20, continuing its recent run of strong gains

Major losers:
-Air Liquide down 2.80 at 135.70 on short-term worries over the 2.7 bln eur
price the company may pay to buy units in the US, the UK and Germany from Messer
Griesheim GmbH, dealers said
-Aventis down 0.45 at 54.30 on profit taking from yesterday's gains,
inspired by speculation of a tie-up with Sanofi-Synthelabo, despite denials by
both companies late on Friday that any talks are underway
-Sanofi down 0.60 at 58.90 adding to yesterday's losses

Most active stocks:
-Alstom up 0.16 or 11.3 pct at 1.57 in volume of 137.22 mln eur, with almost
15 pct of capital changing hands.
-Schneider Electric up 0.10 at 54.65 in volume of 52.66 mln eur
-Alcatel down 0.12 at 13.85 in volume of in 28.40

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[ariane] 19/1/2004 19:10

1.41 euros

[maywillow] 19/1/2004 12:23

PARIS (AFX) - Alstom has won a turbine and maintenance contract with a total
value of 680 mln eur from Spain's Gas Natural SDG SA at the end of December,
chairman and chief executive officer Patrick Kron said.
Kron made the comment at a conference call with analysts after announcing
nine-month sales and orders.
The project is expected to become operational in 2006.
Alstom earlier said sales totalled 12.832 bln eur in the nine months to
end-December, down 19.3 pct from 15.900 bln eur a year earlier.
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[maywillow] 19/1/2004 09:59

LONDON (AFX) - Genoa-based Costa Cruises, a unit of Carnival Corporation &
PLC, said it has signed a letter of intent with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri
Cantieri Navali S.p.A. to construct a 112,000-gross-ton cruise ship to be
delivered in summer 2006.
To be built at Fincantieri's Sestri Ponente shipyard, the new vessel will
have an all-in cost of approximately 450 mln eur, the company said.
The ship, which will encompass 1,502 staterooms with a total guest capacity
of 3,800, will be the largest passenger ship in the history of Italian
seafaring. It is expected to be deployed in the Mediterranean year-round.
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[maywillow] 19/1/2004 09:10

PARIS (AFX) - Alstom said its 299.9 mln capital increase was 92.6 pct
subscribed.
The new shares will be listed today, Alstom said.
The company last November launched a 299.9 mln eur capital increase reserved
for financial institutions. Alstom shareholders were then allocated warrants
free of charge, enabling them to acquire Alstom shares at 1.25 eur per share
until Jan 9.
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[trumpet] 18/1/2004 12:54

Yahoo Links.

Marine Transport List:

[ariane] 16/1/2004 20:12

1.39 euros

[maywillow] 15/1/2004 09:35

BEIJING (AFX-ASIA) - Chinese President Hu Jintao will pay state visits to
France, Egypt, Gabon and Algeria later this month, the foreign ministry said.
Hu's trip will start on Jan 26 and conclude on Feb 4, foreign ministry
spokesman Kong Quan said.
His last foray overseas took him to Thailand, Australia and New Zealand in
October.
mp/dv/hw

[mcbeanburger] 14/1/2004 23:26

To:Julius Wong who wrote (96)
From: goldhound04 Wednesday, Jan 14, 2004 4:20 PM
Respond to of 108

Reviews of these shippers:
FRO:
NAT:
OMM:
SCR.A:
TNP:
VLCCF:

pinched from the same thread.

[ariane] 12/1/2004 19:05

1.40 euros

[maywillow] 12/1/2004 09:12

PARIS (AFX) - Market data at 9.29 am:

Major indices:
CAC-40 down 15.20 points at 3,559.60
SBF-80 down 3.50 at 3,281.09
SBF-120 down 8.04 at 2,526.59

Volume: 103 mln eur
11 CAC-40 stocks up
28 CAC-40 stocks down
1 CAC-40 stock flat

Major gainers:
-Sanofi up 0.25 at 57.60. Earlier, Sanofi said its Eloxatin drug has been
approved as a first-line treatment for a form of cancer in the US.
-Rhodia up 0.11 eur or 3.5 pct at 3.26. Rhodia is expected to repay private
US bondholders its 290 mln usd bond in two tranches, French daily La Tribune
reported, without quoting any sources.
-Alstom up 0.07 or 4.8 pct at 1.52, extending Friday's gains after it
completed the sale of its T&D operations to Areva for around 920 mln eur.

Major losers:
-STMicro down 0.33 or 1.4 pct at 22.81.
-EADS down 0.23 or 1.3 pct at 17.77 hampered by fears of further rapid
depreciation of the dollar. Co-chairman Philippe Camus said the company is
considering expanding its production in the US or other dollar countries if the
dollar continues to remain weak.
-Renault down 0.50 or 0.9 pct at 53.70.

Most active stocks:
-Alcatel up 0.03 at 12.32 in 13.98 mln eur
-STMicro down 0.33 or 1.4 pct at 22.81 in 13.56 mln eur
-Alstom up 0.07 or 4.8 pct at 1.52 in 7.53 mln eur

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[ariane] 11/1/2004 14:39

1.45 euros

[energyi] 11/1/2004 11:33

BRUNEL on the Cover
of Today's Sunday Times Magazine

Im off to the Docklands for the BOAT show.
Will read it when i return

[energyi] 09/1/2004 18:52

(this is also from McB)

Thinking of a punt on China? Read on:

3 Major indices:
DJIA, SP500, Nasdaq

20 Closed End Funds:
BZF, BZL, CHN, GCH, IF,
IFN, IIF, JEQ, JFC, JOF,
KEF, KF, MF, ROC, SGF,
TDF, TF, TRF, TTF, TWN

64 Mining/Metals stocks:
AA, ABER, ACI, AKS, AL,
ATI, AZK, BBL, BHP, BTU,
BW, CCJ, CENX, CGA, CLF,
CMIN, CNX, CRS, EC, FCX,
FDG, GGB, HDWR, HSVLY, HUGO,
IMR, IMY, INMT, IPS, IST,
MEE, MFN, N, NANX, NRD,
NRP, NUE, NX, OS, PAL,
PCP, PCU, PD, PKX, PVR,
RESC, RIO, ROCK, RTI, RTP,
SCHN, SID, SIM, STLD, STTX,
SWC, TIE, TS, TXI, USU,
WLB, WMC, WOR, WPSC

5 Agri/Food stocks:
ADM, BG, IGL, NHY, POT

16 Shipping stocks:
ALEX, FRO, GLNG, GMR, NAT,
OMM, OSG, SBLK, SCR.A, SJH,
SNSA, TEU, TK, TNP, TRMD,
VLCCF

Where did I get this?

[mcbeanburger] 09/1/2004 17:56

Edit: posted to wrong thread....



Energyi - check your hotmail account I have emailed the html to you so you can put in the header if you wish.

[energyi] 08/1/2004 20:27

Mcb?
Shipping stocks:

FRO,

GMR,

OMM,

OSG,

TRMD,

TK,

VLCCF

[maywillow] 08/1/2004 18:54

1.34 euros