A broker upgrade also gave a lift to motor insurer AdmiralGroup

A broker upgrade also gave a lift to motor insurer AdmiralGroup (ADML.L), up 3.9 percent, with Banc of America-MerrillLynch hiking its stance to “buy” from “neutral”. Defensive issues were the main fallers as an element of riskappetite returned to the market, with drugs, drinks and tobaccosthe worst performing sectors. Among them, Shire (SHP.L), AstraZeneca (AZN.L), andGlaxoSmithkline (GSK.L) lost 0.4 to 1.3 percent, while Diageo(DGE.L) shed 0.9 percent and Imperial Tobacco (IMT.L) fell 0.4percent. Associated British Foods (ABF) (ABF.L) also suffered, losing1.1 percent after a third-quarter trading update from thefashion retail-to-sugar producer failed to inspire. ABF posted a 15 percent rise in third-quarter sales but heldto its flat annual earnings forecast.(Editing by Simon Jessop) Stocks.

PARIS, July 9 (Reuters) – French carmaker PSA PeugeotCitroen (PEUP.PA) said on Thursday it was not working withJapan’s Mitsubishi Motors Corp (7211.T) on developing plug-inhybrid vehicles, denying a report in Japan’s Nikkei newspaper Japan “We deny the information. We are working well withMitsubishi on electric vehicles,” a PSA Peugeot Citroenspokesman told Reuters. He added “we have our own research intoplug-in hybrids.” (Reporting by Helen Massy-Beresford) Japan. HONG KONG, July 9 (Reuters) – Hong Kong shares rose 0.39percent on Thursday, driven by a surge in carmakers includingDongfeng Group (0489.HK) after China announced upbeat June carsales. The benchmark Hang Seng Index .HSI finished up 69.52 pointsat 17,790.59, rebounding from a two-week low.

The China Enterprises Index .HSCE, which represents toplocally listed mainland Chinese stocks, rose 0.64 percent to10,641.19 (Reporting by Sui-Lee Wee, Editing by Chris Lewis). THOMSON REUTERS, Corporate Meetings for US Companies Thursday July 09, 2009. S&P 500 Earnings – Weekly [SP500/WK] S&P 500 Earnings – Day Ahead [ESTEARN/SP] Non S&P 500 – Weekly[NSP500/WK]Non S&P 500 – Day Ahead[ESTEARN/] ConferenceCall/Webcast – Weekly [US/CCALLM]ConferenceCall/Webcast – Day [US/CCALL] Meetings – Weekly [US/MEETM] S&P 500 Earnings – Monthly [RESF/US] Economic Indicators USTODAYDividends[DIV/US] Daily earnings hits & misses[US/EARN] Federal Reserve events[FED/DIARY] MEETINGS DATE GMTSYMBOL EVENT TITLE09 Jul 20:15 (NCI) Navigant Consulting at FinancialRsrch Asso.Solar Summit09 Jul 20:00 (PBIO.O)Pressure BioSciences Shareholders Meeting09 Jul 15:00 (RVI) Retail Ventures, Inc. Annual Shareholders Meeting09 Jul 21:00 (SWHC.O)Smith & Wesson Hldng Corp. Investor Day09 Jul 19:00 (TDW) Tidewater Annual Stockholders’ Meeting09 Jul 14:00 ZAP Zapata Corp. Shareholders Meeting FOR ALL AMERICAN HOLIDAYS [HOL1/DIARY] FOR AN INDEX OF ALL DIARIES [IND/DIARY] Contact: Global Filings hotline number on +91 80 6677 1440, or e-mail or .

July 9 (Reuters) -Y’S TABLE CORPCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (in billions of yen unless specified) 3 months ended3 months ended6 months to Year to May 31, 2009May 31, 2008Aug 28, 2009Feb 28, 2010 LATESTYEAR-AGOH1LATEST RESULTS RESULTS FORECASTFORECAST Sales 3.853.297.91 16.17 (+10.3 pct) Operatingloss 21 mln prft 19 mlnprft 151 mlnprft 425 mln(-90.8 pct) Recurringloss 18 mln prft 19 mlnprft 144 mlnprft 412 mln(-90.5 pct) Net loss 131 mln loss 21 mln prft 18 mlnprft 166 mln EPS loss Y5,024.54loss Y809.36prft Y691.41prft Y6,355.23 NOTE – Y’s Table Corp plans and operates restaurant chains. For latest earnings estimates made by Toyo Keizai, pleasedouble click on 2798.TK1.. THOMSON REUTERS, Non-S&P Corporate earnings for US Companies for Thursday July 09, 2009. All economists polled ahead of the central bank’s decisionhad predicted rates to stay on hold this time and the majorityexpects no rate rise before the end of this year.[ID:nSEO63364] The governor also said the bank would upgrade its 2009 GDPforecast, a decline of 2.4 percent, when it releases revisedforecasts on Friday, but added that the outlook for the yearremained uncertain. The head of the central bank pointedly said he expects theeasing stance “to continue for a while” and that highermortgage lending and a potential rise in inflationary pressurefrom rising oil prices deserved a close watch.