Stock Market Challenge - Leaders As At End Of April

We asked our readers to let us have their views on where the FSTE 100 and Dow Jones Industrial Average would be as at the end of June.

Please note that the views expressed are the views of the individuals concerned and not necessarily the firms that they work for.

Here's a note of the Top 10 in each category as at the end of April:

FTSE 100

1. James Peel - Merrill Lynch

2. Leigh Johnson - Bank of Scotland Treasury

=3. Paul Housden -Fortis

=3. Damien Buckley - JPMorgan

5. Jonathan Willocks - Dresdner Kleinwort

6. Robert Cairns - Morgan Stanley

7. Maurice Adler - Barclays Capital

8. Mario Dubovici - Merrill Lynch

9. Martin Glenister - ABN AMRO

10. Philip Michel - UBS

Dow Jones Industrial Average

1. Simon Leonard - UBS

2. Matthew Taylor - Credit Suisse

3. Robert Cairns - Morgan Stanley

4. Martin Glenister - ABN AMRO

5. Richard Clarke - Merrill Lynch

6. Michael Pacione - Morgan Stanley

7. Niall Gallagher - UBS

8. Rebecca Hindley - Barclays Bank

9. Chirs Reeh - Standard Chartered Bank

10. Steve Wilkes - Dresdner Kleinwort

And here's a full list of the entrants:

ABN AMRO

James Blyth - 5980, 11200

Martin Glenister - 6010.3, 12800.5

Jean-Baptisye Jones - 5998, 12462

Richard Priest - 5785, 12478

David Wilkes - 5519, 11586

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES

Varun Kapur - 5720, 13210

BANK OF AMERICA

Nathan Coleman - 5085, 14365

Nimesh Luhar - 5353, 11475

Sione Manoa - 5809.3, 11948

Jingjing Shi - 5807,12539

BANK OF SCOTLAND TREASURY

Leigh Johnson - 6103.4, 12764.6

BARCLAYS BANK

Rebecca Hindley - 5905.5, 12777.2

BARCLAYS CAPITAL

Maurice Adler - 6150, 13052

Tariq Ebrahim - 6235, 13120

James Mote - 5950.7, 12478.3

BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS

Caroline Buchanan - 5311, 11010

Lyle McAleese - 5902, 12300

BEAR STEARNS

Navaratne Leroy - 5943, 12568

CITI

Nissim Gabai - 5962, 13126

Richard Meyer - 5720, 12266

David Morrison - 5462, 11923

Lee James Putnam - 5990, 12890

COMMERZBANK

Robert Adams - 5201.9, 11186.2

CREDIT SUISSE

Dean Allen - 5532, 10962

Mathieu Belle - 5805, 12652

Thomas East - 5850, 12900

Matthew Taylor - 6146, 12803

DEUTSCHE BANK

Ray Dillet - 5896, 12612

Anjool Malde - 5555.5, 12121.2

DRESDER BANK

Peter Spyrides - 5790, 12696

DRESDNER KLEINWORT

Imran Mangera - 6100, 13050

Paul Myers - 5180.7, 11169.7

Steve Wilkes - 5996.4, 12752.6

Jonathan Willocks - 6050, 12890

EUROPEAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

Tom Willoughby - 5306, 11787

FORTIS

Paul Housden - 6120, 13150

HENDERSON GLOBAL INVESTORS

Anand Patwardhan - 5775, 12325

HSBC INVESTMENT BANK

Sheila Lowe - 5343, 12004

Gavin McAllister - 5780, 12585

ICAP Plc

Corrado Goetz - 5700, 12700

JPMORGAN

Damien Buckley - 6054, 13192

James Wilson - 5884.6, 12547.4

Sishir Das - 4000, 10000

KBC ALTERNATIVE ASSET MANAGEMENT

Anthony da Costa - 6320, 12945

LEHMAN BROTHERS

Pierre Debru - 5450, 12100

Jeremy Thomas - 6115, 12495

MERRILL LYNCH

Richard Clarke - 5996, 12841

Mario Dubovici - 6020, 13650

Sandip Patel - 5985, 12637.5

James Peel - 6075, 12969

Fred Prins - 5900, 12640

Karl Shardlow - 5862, 12742

Yan Yu - 5400, 11700

MORGAN STANLEY

Amardeep Aujla - 5207.1, 11006.6

Robert Cairns - 6140.5, 12801.4

Michael Pacione - 6157, 12851

NATIONAL BANK OF KUWAIT

Brad Knight - 5601.8, 12541.3

NOMURA INTERNATIONAL

David Murphy - 5520, 11820

Nicholas Sinclair - 5238.7, 12031.0

RABOBANK INTERNATIONAL

Marie Brady - 5710, 12262

ROYAL BANK Of SCOTLAND

Paul Eblett - 5412, 12010

SCHRODERS PROPERTY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

Ikka Hamalainen

SG CORPORATE & INVESTMENT BANKING

Elizabeth Thierry - 6258, 13448

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK

William Park - 5836, 12420

Chirs Reeh - 5930, 12753

STATE STREET

Robert Adair - 5562, 11734.8

TULLETT PREBON

Robin Taitz - 5200, 12000

UBS

Fareed Ahmad - 5950, 12720

Neil Bantel - 5400, 12555

Dario Ciraki - 5743, 12407

Niall Gallagher - 5769.5, 12781.2

Maxim Gent - 6650, 13650

Jorge Guerra - 5344, 11923

George Hinchcliff - 5650, 12450

Alan Holliman - 5765, 11998

Vinian Kao - 5112.4, 11941.2

Simon Leonard - 5925.7, 12826.8

James McFarlane - 5542.8, 12563.4

Philip Michel - 6175, 13275

Phil Rushton - 5825, 12375

Andrew Todd - 5838, 12297

Paul Zagaroli - 5625, 12529

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