The following are the indices of major stock markets worldwide on Thursday, notably most Asian stocks are down while the KLSE after struggling for the past week has breached the 1600 mark and gone down to 1,591.
IN ASIA
The Shanghai Composite Index opened at 3,015.72 points, down 2.33 points, or 0.08 percent.
The Shenzhen Component Index opened at 9,201.35 points, down 17.72 points, or 0.19 percent.
The Hang Seng Index opened at 18,453.63 points, up 23.24 points, or 0.13 percent.
The S&P/ASX 200 index opened at 7,764.60 points, down 5.10 points, or 0.07 percent.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average opened at 38,410.32 points, down 160.44 points, or 0.42 percent.
The Straits Times Index opened at 3,299.07 points, down 4.93 points, or 0.15 percent.
The Korea Composite Stock Price Index opened at 2,802.10 points, up 5.16 points, or 0.18 percent.
IN THE UNITED STATES
The S&P 500 Index had no trading.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average had no trading.
The Nasdaq Composite Index had no trading.
IN EUROPE
The DAX Index closed at 18,067.91 points, down 64.06 points, or 0.35 percent.
The FTSE 100 Index closed at 8,205.11 points, up 13.82 points, or 0.17 percent.
The Paris CAC 40 closed at 7,570.20 points, down 58.60 points, or 0.77 percent. Enditem
