The Straits Times
   



WASHINGTON - US TREASURY Secretary Timothy Geithner on Thursday called for broad reforms to curb risk taking on Wall Street.

This includes a new regulator to oversee the entire financial system in a bid to restrain behaviour that led to the worst credit crisis since the 1930s.

ASIAN STOCK MARKETS
INDEX VALUE CHANGE %CHANGE
Australia (ASX 200) 3,706.30 - 50.30 - 1.34%
Japan (Nikkei-225) 8,832.85 - 25.08 - 0.28%
Korea (KOSPI) 1,300.10 + 2.25 + 0.17%
Taiwan (TWI) 5,576.85 + 20.63 + 0.37%
China (Shanghai A Shares) 2,439.18 + 19.40 + 0.80%
Hong Kong (Hang Seng) 14,928.97 - 69.07 - 0.46%
Singapore (STI) 1,802.39 - 45.59 - 2.47%
Malaysia (KLCII) 919.84 - 3.93 - 0.40%
Thailand (SET) 442.56 - 3.48 - 0.78%
Indonesia (JCI) 1,490.86 - 25.78 - 1.70%
India (Sensex) 10,534.87 + 186.04 + 1.80%
US STOCK MARKET
INDEX VALUE CHANGE %CHANGE
New York (Dow Jones Industrial Average) 6,875.84 + 149.82 + 2.23%

EUROPE & RUSSIA STOCK MARKETS
INDEX VALUE CHANGE %CHANGE
UK (FTSE 100) 3,645.87 + 133.78 + 3.81%
France (CAC 40) 2,675.68 + 121.13 + 4.74%
Germany (DAX 30) 3,890.94 + 200.22 + 5.42%
Russia (MICEX) 685.65 + 31.51 + 4.82%
Last Updated: April 7, 2009 Tuesday 9.36pm
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