Closing Stock Market Indices Outside The U.S.

Stocks fell 0.57 percent, dragged down by the major banks on uncertainty surrounding the U.S. financial rescue plan.

LONDON - Britain's leading share index ended down 2.19 percent, snapping a five-session winning run, as a revamped U.S. bank rescue plan disappointed investors. The FTSE 100 closed 94.53 points lower at 4,213.08, led by banks and commodity shares.

EUROPE - European shares closed lower after investors were disappointed by the U.S. Treasury Department plan to help the financial sector, with banks and oils the biggest losers on the index. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index of top shares closed down 2.9 percent at 805.94 points.

FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 4,505.54 points, down 161.28 or 3.46 percent.

PARIS - The CAC-40 index closed at 3,020.75 points, down 114.12 or 3.64 percent.

ZURICH - The Swiss market index closed at 5,144.69 points, down 13.81 or 0.27 percent.

MILAN - The All Share Mibtel index closed at 14,531 points, down 303 or 2.04 percent.

TOKYO - The Nikkei stock average slipped 0.29 percent as the yen climbed against the euro on a report that Russian lenders would try to renegotiate debt and on growing uncertainty over the content of a U.S. bank bailout plan. The benchmark Nikkei lost 23.09 points to 7,945.94 for its second negative day.

HONG KONG - Shares rose 0.81 percent stretching their rally into a fifth day after inflation data from China showed Beijing had ample room to cut interest rates, but turnover languished amid conflicting reports about a U.S. rescue plan. The Hang Seng Index closed 111.58 points higher at 13,880.64.

SYDNEY - Stocks fell 0.57 percent, dragged down by the major banks on uncertainty surrounding the U.S. financial rescue plan, but rare profit surprises gave the market some support. The S&P/ASX 200 lost 19.9 points to close at 3,488.7, erasing half of Monday's gain.

JOHANNESBURG - The rand weakened and stocks fell tracking European equities as investors awaited the details of the U.S. stimulus package. The All-share index closed at 21,440.17 points, down 244.93 or 1.13 percent. The All Gold index closed at 2,527.17 points, up 35.04 or 1.41 percent, while the Industrial index closed at 16,211.58 points, down 131.7 or 0.81 percent.

The following table shows the close of key indices on major world stock exchanges

and the London closing values of the euro, the Japanese yen, the British pound and gold bullion (previous day's closes in brackets):

Feb 10 DAY'S CHANGE 2008/09 2008/09

CLOSE IN POINTS HIGH LOW NEW YORK 7993.38 -277.49 13058.20 7552.29

(1300 EDT) (May 02/08) (Nov 20/08) LONDON 4213.08 -94.53 6479.4 3780.96

(Jan 03/08) (Nov 21/08) TOKYO 7945.94 -23.09 14691.41 7162.90

(Jan 04/08) (Oct 27/08) FRANKFURT 4505.54 -161.28 7949.11 4127.41

(Jan 02/08) (Nov 21/08) PARIS 3020.75 -114.12 5550.36 2849.14

(Jan 02/08) (Jan 23/09) SYDNEY 3488.7 -19.9 6353.2 3342.7

(Jan 02/08) (Jan 23/09) HONG KONG 13880.64 +111.58 27560.52 11015.84

(Jan 02/08) (Oct 27/08) - - - -

FOREIGN EXCHANGE/GOLD BULLION AT 1800 GMT

Euro/Dollar 1.2944 (1.3042)

Dollar/Yen 90.68 (91.64)

Pound/Dollar 1.4591 (1.4942)

Gold (ounce) 911.00 (891.95) - - - -

*INDICES USED AND THEIR ALL-TIME CLOSING HIGHS

New York Dow Jones industrial average -- 14164.53 (Oct 09/07)

London FTSE 100 inderx -- 6930.2 (Dec 30/99)

Tokyo Nikkei average -- 38915.87 (Dec 29/89)

Frankfurt DAX index -- 8105.69 (Jul 16/07)

Paris CAC-40 General index -- 6922.23 (Sep 04/00)

Sydney Australia S&P/ASX 200 -- 6828.7 (Nov 01/07)

Hong Kong Hang Seng index -- 31638.22 (Oct 30/07)