Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,318.20	+138.38	0.91%
S&P 500	1,651.81	+12.77	0.78%
Nasdaq	3,482.18	+30.05	0.87%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,318.20

+138.38

0.91%

S&P 500

1,651.81

+12.77

0.78%

Nasdaq

3,482.18

+30.05

0.87%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,700.93	-1.76	-0.07%
FTSE 100	6,374.21	+43.72	0.69%
DAX	8,229.51	+13.78	0.17%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,700.93

-1.76

-0.07%

FTSE 100

6,374.21

+43.72

0.69%

DAX

8,229.51

+13.78

0.17%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	13,007.30	-25.84	-0.20%
Hang Seng	21,225.90	-0.02	0.00%
S&P/ASX 200	4,814.35	-11.53	-0.24%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

13,007.30

-25.84

-0.20%

Hang Seng

21,225.90

-0.02

0.00%

S&P/ASX 200

4,814.35

-11.53

-0.24%

Fitch Leaves Municipal Bond Ratings Tied to Treasuries Untouched

By Christopher Palmeri - 2011-08-16T23:02:06Z

Fitch Ratings left unchanged the ratings of municipal bonds tied to the creditworthiness of the U.S.

The New York-based firm announced today that it has maintained its AAA rating, the firm’s highest, on U.S. government debt.

Rival Standard & Poor’s downgraded the U.S. to AA+, its second-highest level, on Aug. 5. Three days later the company similarly lowered its ratings on 11,500 municipal credits whose finances are tied to that of the nation.

Cindy Stoller, a spokeswoman for Fitch, didn’t immediately respond to a telephone call seeking comment on the report.

To contact the reporter on this story: Christopher Palmeri in Los Angeles at cpalmeri1@bloomberg.net.

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Mark Tannenbaum at mtannen@bloomberg.net

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