Markets factbox how the markets reacted

AAP General News (Australia)
04-18-2000
Markets factbox how the markets reacted

HOW THE MARKETS REACTED



Local markets were mixed with most regaining some of the lost ground from yesterday's
major falls, but they remain on a knife-edge awaiting the outcome in the US overnight.



Australian All Ordinaries index - up 66.5 points to 2986.5

Australian S&P ASX 200 index - up 66.4 points to 3010.3

Australian dollar - down almost one US cent to 59.36

Australian 10 year bonds - yields rose to 6.18 per cent

Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average - down 39.12 points to 18,969.52

Hong Kong Hang Seng index - up 515.95 points to 15,278.32

New Zealand NZSE 40 index - up 21.23 points to 1995.01

Philippines PSE stock index - up 10.59 points to 1,648.13

South Korean Kospi index - up 39.58 points to 747.30

Wall Street's Dow Jones index - up 276.74 points to 10,582.51

Wall Street's Nasdaq index - up 217.87 points to 3,539.16



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