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

[R]Global Markets Indexes[/R]

Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 66.74 or 0.51% to a close of 13,176.79, S&P 500 added 0.52% or 7.59 to 1,458.74, and Nasdaq Composite Index gained 18.73 or 0.72% to a close of 2,637.24. In Toronto TSX Composite advanced 5.93 or 0.04% to close at 13,530.36.

Of the 30 stocks in Dow Jones Industrial Average, 20 closed higher, 10 closed lower, and none were unchanged.

Of the stocks in S&P 500, 262 closed higher, 231 fell, and 7 were unchanged.

In London FTSE 100 Index closed down 68.40 or 1.08% to 6,291.20, in Paris CAC 40 Index decreased 37.50 or 0.67% to close at 5,523.63, and in Frankfurt DAX index lost 54.77 or 0.71% to close at 7,612.26. In Zurich trading SMI declined 114.85 or 1.34% to close at 8,478.80.

In Tokyo Nikkei 225 Index fell 241.69 or 1.57% to close at 15,154.61, in Hong Kong Hang Seng index closed down 1,136.78 or 3.95% to 27,614.43, in Australia ASX 200 closed down 66.70 or 1.02% to close 6,461.90. India lost 0.44% or 86.53 to 19,698.36.

In South Korea Kospi Index decreased 21.54 or 1.11% to close at 1,926.20, Thailand closed down 6.45 or 0.75% to 849.07, and Indonesia edged lower 37.12 or 1.37% to 2,668.70.

In Latin Markets Mexico led the decliners with a rise of 1.6% and Argentina added 0.6% but other market declined. Peru led the decliners with a fall of 1.2% followed by losses in Chile and Venezuela of 0.7%. Brazil lost 0.03%.

Bond Yields edged higher on 10-year U.S. bonds to 4.17% and 30-year bonds increased to 4.53%.

[R]Commodities, Metals, and Currencies[/R]

Crude oil jumped $1.77 to close at $93.84 per barrel for a front month contract, up 44.00% for the year, natural gas increased 30 cents to $8.00 per mBtu, and gasoline futures increased 3.92 cents to close at 237.54 cents per gallon.

Gold edged lower $0.430 in New York trading to close at $787.00 per ounce, silver closed down 7 cents to $14.51 per ounce, and copper for front month delivery gained 8.00 cents to 319.90 cents per pound and in London trading closed down $205.50 to $6,897.00.

Dollar edged lower against euro to $1.4662 and lower to 110.08 yen.


[R]11:30AM New York – 9:00PM Mumbai – Sensex in India fell reflecting a weakness in Asian markets trading.[/R]

Sensex in Mumbai trading fell 86.53 or 0.44% to close at 19,698.36 and CNX Nifty dropped 5.25 or 0.09% to close at 5,906.85.

Wholesale Price Index at the end of the last week, on annual basis rose to 3.11% from 2.97% at the end of the previous week.

Daily turnover on the Bombay Stock Exchange fell to 8,854 crore rupees from 9,268 crore rupees.

Of the stocks traded on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1,909 closed higher, 912 declined, and 44 closed unchanged.

ITC, conglomerate of cigarette, hotels, and food products, jumped 8.2% to 205 rupees.