Major Stock Market Indices Worldwide

BEIJING, Aug 14 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- The following are the indices of major stock markets worldwide on Thursday, reported Xinhua.

US (Thursday)  

The S&P 500 Index opened at 6,453.46 points, down 13.12 points, or 0.20 per cent.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average opened at 44,890.84 points, down 31.43 points, or 0.07 per cent.

The Nasdaq Composite Index opened at 21,649.21 points, down 63.93 points, or 0.29 per cent.

Europe (Thursday)

The DAX Index opened at 24,205.59 points, up 20.00 points, or 0.08 per cent.

The FTSE 100 Index opened at 9,165.23 points, up 0.00 points, or 0.00 per cent.

The Paris CAC 40 opened at 7,822.95 points, up 17.98 points, or 0.23 per cent.

Asia (Thursday)

The Shanghai Composite Index closed at 3,666.44 points, down 17.02 points, or 0.46 per cent.

The Shenzhen Component Index closed at 11,451.43 points, down 99.93 points, or 0.87 per cent.

The Hang Seng Index closed at 25,519.32 points, down 94.35 points, or 0.37 per cent.

The S&P/ASX 200 index closed at 8,873.80 points, up 46.70 points, or 0.53 per cent.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average closed at 42,649.26 points, down 625.41 points, or 1.45 per cent.

The Straits Times Index closed at 4,256.52 points, down 16.24 points, or 0.38 per cent.

The Korea Composite Stock Price Index closed at 3,225.66 points, up 1.29 points, or 0.04 per cent.  

--BERNAMA-XINHUA