How Foreign Stock Markets Fared

Here is a look at the gains or losses in key foreign stock indexes Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Note that Asian markets had closed Tuesday before the terrorist attacks on the United States occurred.

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Percentage change: Latest Country/index Tues. Wed. Thurs. close S. Korea/composite -1.8% -12.0% +5.0% 499.25 Britain/FTSE-100 -5.7 +2.9 +1.3 4,943.60 Germany/DAX -8.5 +1.4 +1.3 4,392.40 Italy/MIB-30 -7.8 +0.9 +1.3 29,743.00 Hong Kong/Hang Seng +0.5 -8.9 +0.8 9,569.21 Canada/TSE-300 -4.0 closed +0.8 7,102.26 Japan/Nikkei-225 +1.0 -6.6 * 9,613.09 Spain/IBEX -4.6 +0.1 * 7,338.70 France/CAC-40 -7.4 +1.3 * 4,113.87 Taiwan/weighted -2.6 closed -5.4 3,952.49 Brazil/Bovespa -9.2 +2.6 -7.3 10,306.26 Mexico/IPC -5.6 closed closed 5,531.02

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* These markets closed with minuscule net percentage gains or losses Thursday.

Source: Bloomberg News