BUZZ-Merlin Entertainments: Weakness at Midway persists
** Merlin Entertainments (LSE: MERL.L - news) ' shares down 3.3 pct, underperforming a 0.1 pct fall in the FTSE 100, after saying market for its Midway unit continues to be challenging
** Midway, which operates Madame Tussauds and the London Eye, impacted by security concerns and residual impact of stronger sterling
** UBS (LSE: 0QNR.L - news) analysts say they expect shares to be weaker as Midway was softer than expected
** Stock had risen 9 pct since pre-Brexit to Wednesday's close
** Stock bottom of the Stoxx 600 Travel and Leisure Index , index is flat (venkateshasoumithri.mamidipudi.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)