Sunday, November 23, 2008

The North American stock markets have opened up

The North American stock markets began the day up Friday.

In Toronto, although still below the 8000 points, the S & P / TSX took around 3 percent to 9:50 or twenty minutes after opening. In New York, meanwhile, the Dow Jones, S & P 500 and Nasdaq had increases of 1.5 to 2.2 percent.

In Paris, shortly after 15:30 local time, the CAC 40 fell 0.93 percent, Frankfurt lost 0.30 percent and London, 0.53 percent. Earlier during the meeting, these three indices showed increases of about one percent.

The Asian bourses have also maintained the upward trend to close with gains generally.

The Japanese Nikkei jumped 207.75 points, or 2.7 percent, to 7910.79 points, and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong had climbed to 360.64 points, or 2.9 percent, to 12 659, 20 points.

Some grants have ended the day down in the Asia / Pacific, including Jakarta (-0.75 percent) and Shanghai (-0.72 percent).

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