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June 3rd 2011

European markets:

Shares in Europe ,FTSE, CAC and DAX fell on Thursday too as a weak economic data worries kept investors away from equities. According to James Batstone-Carr a strategist, $10 trillion was spent globally to revive the economy and no improvement seems be visible.
(source: reuters.com).

Across Europe, the UK’s FTSE 100, the DAX and the CAC 40 all fell between 1 and 1.3 percent.
(source:reuters.com).

US markets:

The DOW, Nasdaq and S&P also continued to drop as investors awaited the employment monthly report due to be released on Friday by the US Labour Department. Investors are nervous about the past economic data and the ones which are to be released, and so they are hesitant to buy stocks, said Peter Jankovskis.
(source:bloomberg.com).

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.34 percent,the  Standard & Poor's 500 slid 0.12 percent and the Nasdaq was also down 0.15 percent.
(source: reuters.com).

Asian markets:

The Nikkei and the Hang Seng fell influenced by the drop in both US and European stocks. China also was in news earlier with some bad economic news, which is enough for investors to keep away from uncertain market trends, according to Shane Oliver, an analyst.
(source: bloomberg.com).

The benchmark Nikkei fell 1.7 percent and the Hang Seng fell 1.6 percent.
(source: bloomberg.com).

 

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