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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.

North American Markets indexes

Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 146.24 or 1.16% to a close of 12,735.31, S&P 500 closed up 18.94 or 1.36% to 1,409.13, and Nasdaq Composite Index traded up 34.04 or 1.39% to a close of 2,474.55.

In Toronto TSX Composite rose 38.19 or 0.47% to close at 13,579.94.

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

DuPont led the gainers in the index with a rise of 4.75% followed by increases in Microsoft of 3%, in Hewlett Packard of 2.9%, in Coca Cola of 2.7%, and in American Express of 2.4%.

General Motors led the decliners in the index with a fall of 2.2% followed by losses in Disney of 1.24%, and in AT&T of 0.4%.

Of the stocks in S&P 500, 338 closed higher, 157 fell, and five were unchanged.

Twenty five stocks fell more than 3% and seventy two stocks rose more than 3%.

Unisys led the decliners in the index with a fall of 14% followed by losses in Circuit City of 11%, in Advanced Micro Devices of 7.9%, in CenturyTel of 7.4%, and in Countrywide Financial of 6.4%. Countrywide lost 29% in yesterday’s trading.

Apollo Group led the gainers in the index with a rise of 16% followed by increases in VF Corp of 8.5%, in SLM Corp of 7.8%, in E*Trade Group of 6.7%, in First Horizon of 6.3%, and in CIT Group of 6.1%.

South American Markets Indexes

In Latin Markets Chile led the decliners in the region with a fall of 2.59% followed by decreases in Argentina of 2.40%, in Peru of 2.06%, in Colombia of 0.65%, and in Venezuela of 0.6%.

Brazil led the gainers with a rise of 0.96% followed by increases in Mexico of 0.47%.

Asian Markets

In Tokyo Nikkei 225 Index closed higher 70.49 or 0.49% to 14,599.16, in Hong Kong Hang Seng index increased 502.95 or 1.86% closed to 27,615.85, in Australia ASX 200 index higher 46.20 or 0.74% to close 6,159.50.

In South Korea Kospi Index increased 18.24 or 1.00% to close at 1,844.47, in Thailand SET index closed higher 8.78 or 1.08% to 820.47, and Indonesia JSE Index edged increased 44.64 or 1.60% to 2,830.26. Sensex index in India closed lower 3.55 or 0.02% to 20,869.78.


Bond Yields increased on 10-year U.S. bonds to 3.79% and 30-year bonds increased to 4.34%.