Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,294.50	-12.67	-0.08%
S&P 500	1,650.51	-4.84	-0.29%
Nasdaq	3,459.42	-3.88	-0.11%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,294.50

-12.67

-0.08%

S&P 500

1,650.51

-4.84

-0.29%

Nasdaq

3,459.42

-3.88

-0.11%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,767.95	-8.83	-0.32%
FTSE 100	6,654.80	-41.99	-0.63%
DAX	8,291.55	-60.43	-0.72%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,767.95

-8.83

-0.32%

FTSE 100

6,654.80

-41.99

-0.63%

DAX

8,291.55

-60.43

-0.72%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	14,612.50	+128.47	0.89%
Hang Seng	22,618.70	-51.01	-0.23%
S&P/ASX 200	4,983.50	-78.95	-1.56%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

14,612.50

+128.47

0.89%

Hang Seng

22,618.70

-51.01

-0.23%

S&P/ASX 200

4,983.50

-78.95

-1.56%

Goldman Advises Sumitomo Mitsui, Mizuho on $3 Billion Deals

By Takahiko Hyuga - 2011-09-30T08:18:08Z

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) advised Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. (8316) and Mizuho Financial Group Inc. (8411) on acquisitions totaling $3.2 billion, statements from the two Japanese banks showed today.

The New York-based firm advised Sumitomo Mitsui on its plan to increase its stake in Promise Co., a Japanese consumer lender, by purchasing shares for about 200 billion yen ($2.6 billion), the Japanese bank said.

Goldman Sachs also advised Mizuho on its purchase of a 15 percent stake in Joint-Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam, also known as Vietcombank, for about $570 million, Tokyo-based Mizuho said.

Goldman Sachs is the No. 1 adviser on mergers and acquisitions in Japan for the nine months ended Sept. 30, followed by Nomura Holdings Inc. (8604), according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

To contact the reporter on this story: Takahiko Hyuga in Tokyo at thyuga@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this stor Chitra Somayaji at csomayaji@bloomberg.net

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