IN ASIA
The Shanghai Composite Index opened at 3,245.23 points, up 6.53 points, or 0.20 percent.
The Shenzhen Component Index opened at 11,936.36 points, up 23.80 points, or 0.20 percent.
The Hang Seng Index opened at 21,288.39 points, up 66.23 points, or 0.31 percent.
The S&P/ASX 200 index opened at 7,546.20 points, up 7.20 points, or 0.10 percent.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average opened at 27,744.90 points, up 51.25 points, or 0.19 percent.
The Straits Times Index opened at 3,384.68 points, down 1.25 points, or 0.04 percent.
The Korea Composite Stock Price Index opened at 2,440.14 points, up 1.95 points, or 0.08 percent.
IN THE UNITED STATES
The S&P 500 Index closed at 4,111.08 points, down 25.40 points, or 0.61 percent.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 33,891.02 points, down 34.99 points, or 0.10 percent.
The Nasdaq Composite Index closed at 11,887.45 points, down 119.50 points, or 1.00 percent.
IN EUROPE
The DAX Index closed at 15,345.91 points, down 130.52 points, or 0.84 percent.
The FTSE 100 Index closed at 7,836.71 points, down 65.09 points, or 0.82 percent.
The Paris CAC 40 closed at 7,137.10 points, down 96.84 points, or 1.34 percent.
(This article is generated by Xinhua News Robot.)
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