Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,387.60	+52.30	0.34%
S&P 500	1,669.16	+2.87	0.17%
Nasdaq	3,502.12	+5.69	0.16%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,387.60

+52.30

0.34%

S&P 500

1,669.16

+2.87

0.17%

Nasdaq

3,502.12

+5.69

0.16%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,821.65	-2.85	-0.10%
FTSE 100	6,803.87	+48.24	0.71%
DAX	8,472.20	+16.37	0.19%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,821.65

-2.85

-0.10%

FTSE 100

6,803.87

+48.24

0.71%

DAX

8,472.20

+16.37

0.19%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	15,381.00	+20.21	0.13%
Hang Seng	23,366.40	-126.66	-0.54%
S&P/ASX 200	5,180.06	-28.98	-0.56%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

15,381.00

+20.21

0.13%

Hang Seng

23,366.40

-126.66

-0.54%

S&P/ASX 200

5,180.06

-28.98

-0.56%

Xero Stock Rises 13% After Facebook Director Peter Thiel Plans Investment

By Tracy Withers - 2010-10-22T04:37:38Z

Xero Ltd. is headed for its biggest gain in almost three months in Wellington trading after the New Zealand accounting software developer said San Francisco-based Peter Thiel plans to buy shares in the business.

Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a director of Facebook Inc, will invest NZ$4 million ($3 million) through a share placement at NZ$1.4918 a share, Xero said in a statement. The stock rose 6 percent, the biggest gain since July 23, after earlier surging 17 percent.

Xero shares rose 9 cents to NZ$1.58 at the 5 p.m. market close in Wellington.

To contact the reporter on this story: Tracy Withers in Wellington at twithers@bloomberg.net.

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Iain Wilson iwilson2@bloomberg.net

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