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North American Markets indexes

Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 59.91 or 0.49% to a close of 12,099.30, S&P 500 closed down 8.06 or 0.60% to 1,325.19, and Nasdaq Composite Index traded down 6.88 or 0.29% to a close of 2,340.02.

In Toronto TSX Composite closed down 58.51 or 0.46% to close at 12,737.12.

Of the 30 stocks in Dow Jones Industrial Average, 11 closed higher, 19 closed lower, and none was unchanged.

Verizon led the decliners in the index with a fall of 4.5% followed by losses in AIG of 4%, in AT&T of 3.2%, in Merck of 2.8%, and in Johnson & Johnson of 2.3%. General Electric led the gainers in the index with a rise of 3.3% followed by increases in General Motors of 3%, in IBM of 2.3%, and in American Express of 2.2%.


Of the stocks in S&P 500, 207 closed higher, 289 fell, and 4 were unchanged.

Forty Eight stocks fell more than 3% and thirty five stocks rose more than 3%.

Sprint Nextel led the decliners in the index with a fall of 24.9% followed by losses in XL Capital of 11%, in Countywide of 4.96%, in Fannie Mae of 8.2%, and in MBIA of 7.2%. Xilinx led the gainers in the index with a rise of 12.5% followed by increases in Advanced Micro Devices of 11.51%, in Washington Mutual of 8.8%, in Tesoro 8.5%.


South American Markets Indexes

In Latin Markets Colombia led the decliners in the region with a loss of 3.17% followed by decreases in Venezuela of 1.79%, in Chile of 1.23%, and in Argentina of 0.44%. Brazil gained 0.82% and Mexico added 0.06%.

Asian Markets

In Tokyo Nikkei 225 Index closed higher 77.84 or 0.56% to 13,861.29, in Hong Kong Hang Seng index increased 86.89 or 0.35% closed to 25,201.87, in Australia ASX 200 index lower 48.80 or 0.84% to close 5,747.30.

In South Korea Kospi Index increased 11.17 or 0.65% to close at 1,734.72, in Thailand SET index closed lower 1.58 or 0.20% to 789.67, and Indonesia JSE Index edged decreased 38.15 or 1.44% to 2,611.13. Sensex index in India decreased 687.12 or 3.49% to 19,013.70.

European Markets

In London FTSE 100 Index closed lower 0.70 or 0.01% to 5,901.70, in Paris CAC 40 Index decreased 64.69 or 1.25% to close at 5,092.40 and in Frankfurt DAX index lower 99.36 or 1.34% to close at 7,314.17. In Zurich trading SMI declined 96.08 or 1.23% to close at 7,691.98.


Bond Yields decreased on 10-year U.S. bonds to 3.63% and 30-year bonds were unchanged at 4.28%.