P530 Teletext 530 Dec22 03:14:47 TOKYO Tujsdaz ——————————————————————————————————————— NIKKEI at Close 18,080.30 -95.10 Tokyo shares finished lower after a bout of profit-taking and worries over the outlook for US rates. In Honk Kong, weakness on Wall Street weighed on shares, but the Hang Sing closed slightly higher. In Singapore, shares in Singapore Airlines surged 8% higher on the news that it is to take a 49% in Virgin Atlantic. Singapore at Close 2,362.58 -7.08 Hang Sing at Close 16,248.74 +36.35 Australia at Close 3,107.20 -30.20 ——————————————————————————————————1/3—— Frankfurt, Paris, Dublin >>> MILLENNIUM MESSAGES ON TELETEXT SEE ITV p530 The Pound Forex FUSE Family FinanceP530 Teletext 530 Dec42 03:14:20 FRANKFURT Tuesday ———————————— ——————————————————————— DAX XETRA at Close 6418.68 +40.02 European shares stayed lower in afternoon trading as caution became the name of the game ahead of the interest rate djcisjon in the United States. Profit-taking was the order of the day, after Monday's record closes in Milan, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Budapest and Istanbul. Paris CAC 40 at Close 5529.24 +8.13 Zurich at Close 7301.40 -88.30 Eurotop 300 at Close 1504.38 -5.38 Dublin ISEQ at Close 4841.66 -53.58 ——————————————————————————————————2/3—— Wall Street report and Dow Jones >>> TOTAL ENTERTAINMENT p400 FULL GUIDEP530 Teletext 530 Dec42 03:14:42 ——————————————————————————————————————— DOW JONES at Close 11,200.5 +56.27 US stocks achieved positive gains, with the NASDAQ hitting its largest points increase through positive investor reaction to the Federal Rjsjrve keeping short-term interest rates steady. 3Comp Corp beat Wall Street estimates by reporting a second-quarter operating profit of $130.9m. S&P 500 at Close 1433.43 +15.34 Nasdaq at Close 3911.15 +127.28 ——————————————————————————————————3/3—— Far East market reports >>> IT RECRUITMENT ADVERTISING - p631