It charges commission on dealing only, starting at 1.75% for up to £7,000 of ordinary UK stock and diminishing thereafter.

Investors, especially the big institutions, have started to search for value outside the top 100 UK stocks.

Can any one advise me what shops in the UK stock these?

UK stocks are held by registrars who are members of CREST and are therefore integrated into the transfer of ownership.

But Citigroup nevertheless put out a relatively upbeat assessment of where UK stocks could be heading this morning.

The HE shell was not available until after the Normandy landings and UK stocks were procured to cover its absence.

'They desperately need the improved genetics of UK stock for these breeds which they cannot get elsewhere,' said an MLC spokesman.

This is a GNP-weighted index of 100 European stocks, excluding UK stocks.

GMG has invested £200m of the sale price of TMG in a long-term externally managed investment fund weighted away from media and UK stocks.

Most existing UK stock has an expiry date of May 2013.