Frankfurt - The following index quotations were noted on the world's major stock markets.
New York Dow Jones 12,691.6512,853.09(- 161.44) New York NASDAQ Comp.2,460.23 2,488.52(-28.29) TokyoNikkei14,110.7914,388.11(- 277.32) Sydney All Ordinaries 6,054.40 6,147.30(-92.90) Hong KongHang Seng 26,867.0127,230.86(- 363.85) London Fin.-Times 6,202.00 6,222.70(-20.70) ParisCAC-40 5,371.41 5,400.43(-29.02) Zurich SMI8,159.68 8,290.78(- 131.10) FrankfurtDAX-Index7,717.95 7,713.09(+ 4.86) FrankfurtEuroStoxx 50 4,225.31 4,237.62(-12.31)