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MARKET REPORT: Nautical rides crest of a wave
By ELLIOT WILSON
Updated: 22:54 GMT, 23 September 2010

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Some companies are lucky, others have luck thrust upon them.
Then there is Nautical Petroleum. The AIM-listed oil and gas independent seems to stumble upon black gold wherever it goes.

In recent months it has struck 'substantial' oil at
the giant Kraken field off the Shetland Islands, and yet more hydrocarbons at the sizeable Catcher reserve east of Edinburgh.

Now, Nautical has decided to roll the dice. Its big new fields will be hugely capital intensive, absorbing
huge quantities of cash long before the investment pays off.

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Aware of its predicament, Nautical has moved to boost
its own capital reserves, selling a 20.67 per cent stake in Mariner, another major North Sea oilfield, to Norway's Statoil, for £87.5million. Nautical
retains a 6 per cent stake in Mariner and gets to lavish greater cash and attention on its strapping new babies.

The company can currently do no wrong. Investors would barely raise an eyebrow if chief executive Steve Jenkins visited one of his oil platforms by levitating there across the water.
Nautical's stock, languishing below 50p at the
start of the year, closed up 54p at 365.5p, a 660pc rise on the year.

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Cannacord Genuity analyst Lindsay Wheeler reiterated
her buy rating on the stock and raised her target price to 465p from 337p, applauding the Mariner sale as 'a very positive
development'.

She added that Nautical's oil-fuelled rise likely isn't over, noting that there was
'still significant upside' on a stock set to benefit further
from both Catcher and Kraken.

Aberdeen Asset Management saw its shares jump on rumours that
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial might boost its stake to around 30pc.
The Japanese banking giant currently owns 16pc of Britain's
largest fund manager. Aberdeen-closed 3.5p higher at 152.5p.
One analyst-tipped Mitsubishi to take its stake to 30
per cent 'and possibly beyond' as it seeks to expand
its reach into new Asian markets.

Another long-running takeover rumour focusing on Wellstream was called into doubt.

The oil services group has long been touted as a target
for the likes of Saipem, National Oilwell Vargo, and Aker
Solutions. But Citi analyst Kenan Najafov scotched the talk, dismissing the chances of a deal
and noting: 'Whoever tries to buy the stock is likely
to be careful about the price.' Najafov also downgraded Wellstream (down 12p
at 777p) to hold from buy.

The Footsie spent most of the day searching for purpose and direction. It
started badly, its mood soured by disappointing American jobs figures, before reversing early gains and ending 4.83 points lower at 5547.08.

-Leading banks endured a numbing day, weakened by persistent concerns about potential European sovereign defaults and rumours that Anglo Irish may
fail to pay subordinated debt holders. Lloyds Banking Group
closed 0.76p lower at 75.1p, with Royal Bank of Scotland ending 0.46p down at 47.95p.
Barclays ended 0.45p off at 306.35p while HSBC,
riven by internal squabbling over succession planning,
ended flat at 663.9p.

Miners reversed early losses, with BHP Billiton closing flat at 2000.5p and Rio Tinto adding 0.5p to 3653p.

Xstrata gained 10.5p to close at 1209p while Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation cheapened 1.5p to end at 898p.
GCM Resources enjoyed a supercharged day: its
stock jumped nearly 20 per cent, closing up 38.75p at 239.5p on talk that it was close to gaining a coal mining
license in Bangladesh.

Pacific Rim miner Solomon Gold enjoyed another startling day on the markets.
Its shares, trading at just above 5p on September 7, have since risen ten-fold
on promising results from its Fauro Island project. The company's
stock jumped 137 per cent, closing up 30.5p at 52.75p after the company announced that its
new project in the Solomon Islands had the potential to
be a 'world-class gold deposit'.

McBride, a private-label firm that makes dishwasher tablets for Asda
and shaving gel for Tesco, saw its stock slide 2.1p to 184.9p after
being downgraded to hold from buy by Panmure Gordon. The broker also reduced its target price on the
stock to 170p from 190p.

Drugs giant AstraZeneca saw its shares slip 37.5p to 3312p, with Shire closing 11p lower at 1462p after Exane downgraded both
companies to underperform from neutral. Rival GlaxoSmithKline cheapened 13p to
1258.5p. Airline and transportation logistics specialist Dart Group saw its stock
slip 2p to 74.5p despite enjoying an earnings forecast upgrade by Collins
Stewart.

- Petra Diamonds saw its stock jump by more than 5 per cent, closing 4p higher at 79.75p, after
posting record full-year profits earlier this week.

Canaccord Genuity maintained its 'buy' rating and raised
its target price by 5p to 130p after Petra overhauled Gem Diamonds
as the largest London listed producer of the precious metal.

Petra is on track to treble production by 2019.

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Sharp bob

Cate Blanchett

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Soft bob

Halle Berry

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Forward graduation

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Pixie cut

Kris Jenner

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says Galvin. ‘It's Kris Jenner's signature style and we all agree she
looks fabulous in her 60s.' To recreate her messy, textured look, using a hair paste is key.

Full-body bob

Lucy Liu

Another spin on the classic haircut, ‘the full-body bob will give your face a lift, as well as make your hair appear
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and amp up the volume using a volume spray
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Androgynous undercut

Tilda Swinton

It takes a powerful and strong individual to pull off the androgynous
undercut à la Tilda Swinton, but it's the perfect haircut for anyone with a strong jawline.
‘It's bold, edgy and eye-catching,' says Galvin. Finding a volume
powder that works, is key to maintaining this hairstyle.

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