STOCK INDEXES
% CHG.
DEC. 15 DEC. 8 YEAR AGO
AUSTRALIA/All Ordinaires 3119.0 3108.8 10.9%
BRAZIL/Bovespa 14322.1 14410.4 111.1
BRITAIN/FTSE100 6633.8 6619.4 12.8
CANADA/TSE 300 7985.3 7820.1 23.1
FRANCE/CAC 40 5530.1 5487.1 40.3
GERMANY/DAX 5430.3 5430.3 8.6
HONG KONG/Hang Seng 15825.3 15989.4 57.5
ITALY/MIB 30 39118.0 38781.0 11.3
JAPAN/Nikkei 225 18138.4 18401.0 31.0
MEXICO/IPC 35 6772.2 6665.0 71.0
SOUTH KOREA/Composite 963.6 988.3 71.3
SPAIN/IBEX 35 11372.5 11549.6 15.6
UNITED STATES/Dow Jones 11224.4 11068.1 22.3
DATA: BRIDGE Information Systems, Inc.
CURRENCY CROSS RATES
USDOLLAR SKWON SFRANC MPESO YEN
AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR 1.5722 0.00139 0.9893 0.1677 15.1600
BRAZILIAN REAL 1.8500 0.00163 1.1640 0.1973 17.8390
BRITISH POUND 0.6229 0.00055 0.3919 0.0664 6.0048
CANADIAN DOLLAR 1.4834 0.00131 0.9333 0.1582 14.3002
EUROPEAN EURO 0.9929 0.00087 0.6249 0.1059 9.5726
JAPANESE YEN 103.74 0.09100 65.31 11.0626 -
MEXICAN PESO 9.3775 0.00826 5.9034 - 0.0904
SWISS FRANC 1.5885 0.00140 - 0.1694 1.5312
SOUTH KOREAN WON 1135.00 - 714.511 121.034 10.941
U.S. DOLLAR - 0.00088 0.6292 0.1066 9.6427
EURO CDOL POUND REAL ADOL
AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR 1.5826 1.0602 2.5247 0.3438 -
BRAZILIAN REAL 1.8580 1.2471 2.9694 - 0.3440
BRITISH POUND 0.6274 0.4200 - 0.3367 0.3964
CANADIAN DOLLAR 1.4940 - 2.3808 0.8018 0.9439
EUROPEAN EURO - 0.6696 1.5940 0.5367 0.6319
JAPANESE YEN 104.49 69.93 166.52 56.0757 66.0100
MEXICAN PESO 9.443 6.322 15.0570 5.0689 5.9646
SWISS FRANC 1.5998 1.0712 2.5496 0.8586 1.0108
SOUTH KOREAN WON 1143.100 765.134 1821.65 613.514 721.918
U.S. DOLLAR 1.0071 0.6741 1.6051 0.5405 0.6364
DATA: BRIDGE Information Systems, Inc., Quotes as of 4 p.m., Dec. 15
CENTRAL BANK POLICY RATES
DEC. 15 DEC. 8 YEAR AGO
AUSTRALIA/Overnight cash 5.00 5.00 4.76
BRAZIL/Selic Overnight 18.90* 18.95 31.24
BRITAIN/Base Lending 5.50 5.50 6.25
CANADA/Overnite Financing 5.00 5.00 5.11
EURO ZONE/Refinance 3.00 3.00 NA
HONG KONG/Interbank Overnight 5.25 4.00 5.50
JAPAN/Overnight Call 0.04 0.02 0.24
MEXICO/One-day Loan 15.50* 15.40 28.56
SOUTH KOREA/Discount 4.74 4.78 3.00
UNITED STATES/Federal Funds Rate 5.31* 5.42 5.10
DATA: BRIDGE Information Systems, Inc., Standard & Poor's DRI, *Dec. 14
GOVERNMENT BOND YIELDS (BENCHMARK 10-YEAR BOND)
DEC. 15 DEC. 8 YEAR AGO
AUSTRALIA 6.71 6.54 5.05
BRITAIN 5.19 5.24 4.36
CANADA 6.10* 5.99 5.00
FRANCE 5.19 5.13 3.88
GERMANY 5.08 5.00 3.96
HONG KONG 7.72 7.51 NA
ITALY 5.30 5.22 4.12
JAPAN 1.77 1.77 1.36
SOUTH KOREA (3-Year) 8.80 8.68 8.33
SPAIN 5.41 5.41 3.98
UNITED STATES 6.21 6.09 4.65
DATA: BRIDGE Information Systems, Inc., Standard & Poor's DRI, *Dec. 14
