10:00PM Frankfurt, 4:00PM New York, 8:00AM Sydney – U.S. stocks edged lower after trading down, up, and down in the session. CME Group operator of Chicago Mercantile Group fell 18% after a possible delay in a merger with Nymex.

European Markets

In London FTSE 100 Index closed higher 7.40 or 0.13% to 5,875.40, in Paris CAC 40 Index increased 39.57 or 0.83% to close at 4,816.43 and in Frankfurt DAX index higher 82.26 or 1.22% to close at 6,847.51. In Zurich trading SMI increased 48.04 or 0.64% to close at 7,565.45.

North American Markets indexes

Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 65.03 or 0.53% to a close of 12,200.10, S&P 500 closed down 10.19 or 0.76% to 1,326.45, and Nasdaq Composite Index traded down 30.82 or 1.33% to a close of 2,278.75.

In Toronto TSX Composite closed down 64.75 or 0.50% to close at 12,867.20.

Of the 30 stocks in Dow Jones Industrial Average, 8 closed higher, 22 closed lower, and none were unchanged.

General Motors led the decliners in the index with a fall of 2.9% followed by losses in Boeing of 2.2%, in Hewlett Packard of 1.9%, and in Microsoft of 1.9%. The Walt Disney led the gainers in the index with a rise of 4.7% followed by increases in Caterpillar of 0.7%, in Coca Cola of 0.5%, and in Procter & Gamble of 0.4%.

Of the stocks in S&P 500, 168 closed higher, 327 fell, and 5 were unchanged. Three stocks rose more than 3% and two hundred and seventy one stocks fell more than 3%.

CME Group led the decliners in the index with a fall of 18% followed by losses in Harman International 15.4%, in Micron Technology of 10.8%, and in Centex of 8%. JDS Uniphase led the gainers in the index with a rise of 26% followed increases in Polo Ralph Lauren of 10%, in Thermo Fisher 7.5%, and in Tyco Electronics of 6.6%.


South American Markets Indexes

In Latin Markets Brazil led the decliners in the region with a loss of 3.46% followed by decreases in Colombia of 2.65%, in Argentina of 0.74%, and in Mexico of 0.56%.

Chile gained 1.1% and Peru advanced 0.74%.

Asian Markets

In Tokyo Nikkei 225 Index closed lower 646.26 or 4.70% to 13,099.24, in Hong Kong Hang Seng index decreased 1339.24 or 5.40% closed to 23,469.46, in Australia ASX 200 index lower 183.50 or 3.17% to close 5,609.40.

Thailand SET index closed lower 13.05 or 1.62% to 794.63, and Indonesia JSE Index edged decreased 65.16 or 2.41% to 2,639.09. Sensex index in India decreased 523.70 or 2.81% to 18,139.49. Market of South Korea was closed today.


Bond Yields decreased on 10-year U.S. bonds to 3.59% and on 30-year bonds gained to 4.36%.

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