** Morrisons jumps for second day as grocer said itremains confident in its FY 2014-15 profitoutlook.
** Stock up 6 pct, star performer on 0.5 pct weaker FTSE 100index, having risen 5.9 pct on Wednesday on read-acrossfrom robust results from M&S.
** Losses for year trimmed to around 33 pct.
** Some short covering may be taking place, traders say.12.3 pct of Morrisons shares are on loan, making it thesecond-most borrowed FTSE 100 stock, behind Sainsbury,Markit data shows.
** A 4.4 mln share order, or a quarter of day's volume,crossed right at the close on Wednesday.
** Strong day for UK retailers overall with M&S up 4.9 pct,helped by brokers becoming more bullish on stock, Sainsbury 4pct higher & Tesco up 2.1 pct. (RM: tricia.wright1.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)