International -- Int'l Figures of the Week

International Figures of the Week (int'l edition)

STOCK INDEXES

APR. 19 APR. 12 % CHG.

YEAR AGO

AUSTRALIA/All Ordinaires 3042.3 3133.4 -1.9%

BRAZIL/Bovespa 14926.2 16323.4 31.5

BRITAIN/FTSE100 6184.9 6350.8 -5.6

CANADA/TSE 300 9034.0 9047.7 28.8

FRANCE/CAC 40 6166.5 6238.7 40.0

GERMANY/DAX 7216.7 7443.1 34.6

HONG KONG/Hang Seng 15427.2 16577.1 15.7

ITALY/MIB 30 43889.0 45424.0 19.3

JAPAN/Nikkei 225 19086.6 20833.2 14.3

MEXICO/IPC 35 6446.7 7016.7 19.1

SOUTH KOREA/Composite 755.1 837.0 0.3

SPAIN/IBEX 35 11339.8 11542.1 13.7

UNITED STATES/Dow Jones 10675.0 11125.1 -1.1

DATA: BRIDGE Information Systems, Inc.

CURRENCY CROSS RATES

USDOLLAR SKWON SFRANC MPESO YEN

AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR 1.6797 0.00151 1.0064 0.1784 16.0380

BRAZILIAN REAL 1.7750 0.00160 1.0636 0.1886 16.9484

BRITISH POUND 0.6320 0.00057 0.3794 0.0673 6.0463

CANADIAN DOLLAR 1.4750 0.00133 0.8835 0.1567 14.0791

EUROPEAN EURO 1.0635 0.00096 0.6370 0.1130 10.1487

JAPANESE YEN 104.81 0.09400 62.78 11.1346 -

MEXICAN PESO 9.4130 0.00848 5.6382 - 0.0898

SWISS FRANC 1.6695 0.00150 - 0.1774 1.5930

SOUTH KOREAN WON 1110.00 - 664.870 117.922 10.591

U.S. DOLLAR - 0.00090 0.5992 0.1062 9.5484

EURO CDOL POUND REAL ADOL

AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR 1.5785 1.1392 2.6526 0.3354 -

BRAZILIAN REAL 1.6596 1.2035 2.8077 - 0.3355

BRITISH POUND 0.5944 0.4294 - 0.3561 0.3766

CANADIAN DOLLAR 1.3868 - 2.3331 0.8310 0.8785

EUROPEAN EURO - 0.7211 1.6823 0.5992 0.6336

JAPANESE YEN 98.54 71.06 165.77 59.0479 62.4300

MEXICAN PESO 8.852 6.382 14.8947 5.3031 5.6040

SWISS FRANC 1.5698 1.1319 2.6407 0.9406 0.9944

SOUTH KOREAN WON 1043.700 752.542 1755.74 625.352 660.832

U.S. DOLLAR 0.9403 0.6780 1.5818 0.5634 0.5956

DATA: BRIDGE Information Systems, Inc., Quotes as of 4 p.m., Apr. 19, 2000

CENTRAL BANK POLICY RATES

APR. 19 APR. 12 YEAR AGO

AUSTRALIA/Overnight cash 5.75 5.75 4.75

BRAZIL/Selic Overnight 18.63 18.68 36.12

BRITAIN/Base Lending 6.00 6.00 5.25

CANADA/Overnite Financing 5.50 5.50 4.78

EURO ZONE/Refinance 3.50 3.50 2.50

HONG KONG/Interbank Overnight 6.13 7.25 4.38

JAPAN/Overnight Call 0.02 0.02 0.01

MEXICO/One-day Loan 12.00* 12.25 19.16

SOUTH KOREA/Discount 5.19 5.19 3.00

UNITED STATES/Federal Funds Rate 5.93* 5.97 4.49

DATA: BRIDGE Information Systems, Inc., Standard & Poor's DRI, *Apr. 18

GOVERNMENT BOND YIELDS (BENCHMARK 10-YEAR BOND)

APR. 19 APR. 12 YEAR AGO

AUSTRALIA 6.27 6.24 5.47

BRITAIN 5.27 5.20 4.73

CANADA 5.94 5.87 5.17

FRANCE 5.36 5.32 4.05

GERMANY 5.25 5.15 3.85

HONG KONG 7.38 7.38 NA

ITALY 5.56 5.47 4.14

JAPAN 1.73 1.75 1.42

SOUTH KOREA (3-Year) 8.90 8.91 7.66

SPAIN 5.51 5.44 3.98

UNITED STATES 6.04 5.88 5.34

DATA: BRIDGE Information Systems, Inc., Standard & Poor's DRI

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