Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	12,426.00	+6.17	0.05%
S&P 500	1,309.72	-3.60	-0.27%
Nasdaq	2,824.30	-13.06	-0.46%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

12,426.00

+6.17

0.05%

S&P 500

1,309.72

-3.60

-0.27%

Nasdaq

2,824.30

-13.06

-0.46%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,114.53	-1.65	-0.08%
FTSE 100	5,306.95	+9.67	0.18%
DAX	6,264.38	-16.42	-0.26%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,114.53

-1.65

-0.08%

FTSE 100

5,306.95

+9.67

0.18%

DAX

6,264.38

-16.42

-0.26%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	8,542.73	-90.46	-1.05%
TOPIX	719.49	-4.13	-0.57%
Hang Seng	18,629.50	-60.70	-0.32%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

8,542.73

-90.46

-1.05%

TOPIX

719.49

-4.13

-0.57%

Hang Seng

18,629.50

-60.70

-0.32%

Merkel’s Party Votes to Allow Exits From Euro

By Brian Parkin - 2011-11-14T16:57:02Z

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union party voted to offer euro states a “voluntary” means of leaving the currency area.

CDU delegates meeting in the eastern German city of Leipzig for their annual party congress today backed a motion on the euro that included a clause permitting euro exits without exclusion from the European Union. They rejected an amendment that would have sought to change voting at the European Central Bank so that it is weighted according to economic size.

To contact the reporter on this story: Brian Parkin in Berlin at bparkin@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Alan Crawford at acrawford6@bloomberg.net