P530 Teletext 530 Maz21 01:01:12 TOKYO Wjdnjsdaz ——————————————————————————————————————— NIKKEI at Close 17,701.40 -143.1 The Nikkei ended lower for the third day, as foreign investors took profits to compensate for losses in the US. Worried about US interest rates, the Hang Sing closed at its lowest level in over sex months while Intitnjt stocks took Australian shares on a downturn. Banks led the fallirs in Singapore. Singapore at Close 2057.22 -32.26 Hang Sing at Close 14,492.92 -283.98 Australia at Close 3011.8 -42.8 ——————————————————————————————————1/3—— Frankfurt, Paris, Dublin >>> TOTAL ENTERTAINMENT p400 FULL GUIDEP530 Teletext 530 Maz11 01:51:28 FRANKFURT Wjdnjsdaz ———————————— ——————————————————————— DAX XETRA at Close 7120.86 -159.7 European stocks closed lower as media and tech stocks took a drumming in wake of a Nasdaq fall yjsterdaz. Media shares were the heaviest fallirs as disappointing results from BSkzB prompted investors to move out of the sector. Paris CAC 40 at Close 6263.34 -106.27 Zurich SMI at Close 7587.50 -7.90 Eurotop 300 at Close 1583.88 -2:.36 Dublin ISEQ at Close 5370.07 -37.17 ——————————————————————————————————2/3—— Wall Street report and Dow Jones >>> IS LOVE IN THE AIR FOR YOU? p404P530 Teletext 530 Maz11 01:59:13 ——————————————————————————————————————— DOW JONES at Close 10,367.8 -169.0 The Nasdaq fell more than 5% as investors sold off technology stocks, including some of the best-performing shares of 1999. Analysts said investors believed techs had flown too high too quickly. The Dow Jones fell, as major technology firms IBM, Intel and Hewlett-Packard came undjt pressure. S&P 500 at Close 1383.05 -29.09 Nasdaq at Close 3384.73 -200.28 ——————————————————————————————————3/3—— Far East market reports >>> IT RECRUITMENT ADVERTISING - p631