[R]5:00PM New York, 11:00PM Frankfurt, 9:00AM next day Sydney[/R]

North American Markets indexes

Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 117.78 or 0.92% to a close of 12,853.09, S&P 500 closed up 11.20 or 0.79% to 1,420.33, and Nasdaq Composite Index traded up 13.97 or 0.56% to a close of 2,488.52.

In Toronto TSX Composite closed 49.87 or 0.37% to close at 13,629.81.

Of the 30 stocks in Dow Jones Industrial Average, 24 closed higher, 6 closed lower, and none was unchanged.

Intel led the decliners in the index with a fall of 0.92% followed by losses in Altria Group of 0.5%, in American Express of 0.33%, in Microsoft of 0.3%, and I Procter & Gamble of 0.08%.

General Motors led the gainers in the index with a rise of 4% followed by increases in Wal-Mart of 3.2%, in JP Morgan of 2.7%, in Boeing of 2.6%, and in AIG of 2.35%.


Of the stocks in S&P 500, 345 closed higher, 152 fell, and 3 were unchanged.

Nine stocks fell more than 3% and eighty nine stocks rose more than 3%.

The Gap Inc led the decliners with a loss of 7.2% followed by losses in Game Stop of 5.2%, in King Pharmaceuticals of 4.9%, in Huntington Banc of 4.4%, and in Akamai Technology of 4.07%.

Countrywide Financial led the gainers in the index with a rise of 52% followed by increases in E*Trade of 22%, in Washington Mutual of 14.75%, in Tellabs of 12.3%, in MGIC Investment of 11.8%, and in Unisys of Corp of 11.46%.

South American Markets Indexes

In Latin Markets Chile led the gainers in the region with a rise of 2.59% followed by increases in Mexico of 2.41%, in Brazil of 1.34%, in Venezuela of 1.68%, and in Colombia of 0.08%.

Peru led the decliners in the region with a fall of 1.62% followed by decreases in Argentina of 0.24%.

Asian Markets

In Tokyo Nikkei 225 Index closed lower 211.05 or 1.45% to 14,388.11, in Hong Kong Hang Seng index decreased 384.99 or 1.39% closed to 27,230.86, in Australia ASX 200 index lower 9.15 or 0.15% to close 6,078.70.

In South Korea Kospi Index decreased 19.69 or 1.07% to close at 1,824.78, in Thailand SET index closed lower 20.29 or 2.47% to 800.18. Sensex index in India decreased 287.70 or 1.38% to 20,582.08. Financial markets in Indonesia were closed today.

European Markets

In London FTSE 100 Index closed lower 83.80 or 1.32% to 6,272.70, in Paris CAC 40 Index decreased 60.25 or 1.10% to close at 5,435.42 and in Frankfurt DAX index lower 67.28 or 0.86% to close at 7,782.71. In Zurich trading SMI closed higher 23.42 or 0.28% to close at 8,339.81.