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| INTERNATIONAL -- INTERNATIONAL FIGURES OF THE WEEK
International Figures of the Week (int'l edition) STOCK INDEXES
FEB. 9 FEB. 2 % CHG.
YEAR AGO
AUSTRALIA/All Ordinaires 3134.0 3116.3 8.8%
BRAZIL/Bovespa 18361.4 16818.8 106.1
BRITAIN/FTSE100 6315.4 6302.8 2.3
CANADA/TSE 300 9256.9 8751.6 46.6
FRANCE/CAC 40 6271.6 5946.9 53.2
GERMANY/DAX 7629.1 7172.0 55.6
HONG KONG/Hang Seng 16819.5 15789.8 70.6
ITALY/MIB 30 45914.0 43687.0 31.0
JAPAN/Nikkei 225 20007.8 19578.9 39.3
MEXICO/IPC 35 7469.3 6797.6 75.3
SOUTH KOREA/Composite 976.1 943.6 87.7
SPAIN/IBEX 35 11939.5 11195.6 19.4
UNITED STATES/Dow Jones 10731.7 11029.6 15.3
DATA: BRIDGE Information Systems, Inc.
CURRENCY CROSS RATES
USDOLLAR SKWON SFRANC MPESO YEN
AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR 1.5731 0.00140 0.9710 0.1674 14.4250
BRAZILIAN REAL 1.7750 0.00158 1.0955 0.1889 16.2769
BRITISH POUND 0.6190 0.00055 0.3820 0.0659 5.6758
CANADIAN DOLLAR 1.4446 0.00129 0.8917 0.1537 13.2485
EUROPEAN EURO 1.0071 0.00090 0.6215 0.1072 9.2332
JAPANESE YEN 109.07 0.09600 67.32 11.6063 -
MEXICAN PESO 9.3975 0.00836 5.7995 - 0.0862
SWISS FRANC 1.6204 0.00144 - 0.1724 1.4858
SOUTH KOREAN WON 1123.50 - 693.347 119.553 10.301
U.S. DOLLAR - 0.00089 0.6172 0.1064 9.1701
EURO CDOL POUND REAL ADOL
AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR 1.5619 1.0888 2.5415 0.3581 -
BRAZILIAN REAL 1.7491 1.2285 2.8688 - 0.3581
BRITISH POUND 0.6143 0.4284 - 0.3487 0.3935
CANADIAN DOLLAR 1.4344 - 2.3339 0.8139 0.9184
EUROPEAN EURO - 0.6971 1.6277 0.5674 0.6402
JAPANESE YEN 108.29 75.49 176.27 61.4479 69.3500
MEXICAN PESO 9.332 6.505 15.1831 5.2944 5.9739
SWISS FRANC 1.6089 1.1217 2.6175 0.9129 1.0301
SOUTH KOREAN WON 1115.600 777.724 1814.96 632.958 714.195
U.S. DOLLAR 0.9929 0.6921 1.6162 0.5634 0.6357
DATA: BRIDGE Information Systems, Inc., Quotes as of 4 p.m., Feb. 9
CENTRAL BANK POLICY RATES
FEB. 9 FEB. 2 YEAR AGO
AUSTRALIA/Overnight cash 5.50 5.00 4.75
BRAZIL/Selic Overnight 18.87 18.87 38.97
BRITAIN/Base Lending 5.75 5.75 5.50
CANADA/Overnite Financing 5.25 5.00 5.00
EURO ZONE/Refinance 3.25 3.00 3.00
HONG KONG/Interbank Overnight 5.50 5.25 6.13
JAPAN/Overnight Call 0.02 0.02 0.14
MEXICO/One-day Loan 5.85** 17.25 26.90
SOUTH KOREA/Discount 4.89 4.81 3.00
UNITED STATES/Federal Funds Rate 5.67* 5.79 4.73
DATA: BRIDGE Information Systems, Inc., Standard & Poor's DRI, *Feb. 8, **Feb. 7
GOVERNMENT BOND YIELDS (BENCHMARK 10-YEAR BOND)
FEB. 9 FEB. 2 YEAR AGO
AUSTRALIA 7.16 7.21 5.50
BRITAIN 5.66 5.59 4.63
CANADA 6.44 6.43 5.38
FRANCE 5.64 5.54 4.08
GERMANY 5.51 5.45 4.00
HONG KONG 7.60 7.68 NA
ITALY 5.27 5.68 4.23
JAPAN 1.88 1.75 2.02
SOUTH KOREA (3-Year) 9.10 9.09 8.36
SPAIN 5.70* 5.41 4.19
UNITED STATES 6.66 6.62 5.29
DATA: BRIDGE Information Systems, Inc., Standard & Poor's DRI, *Feb. 8
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