Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	12,549.70	+94.83	0.76%
S&P 500	1,326.73	+8.91	0.68%
Nasdaq	2,861.22	+23.69	0.83%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

12,549.70

+94.83

0.76%

S&P 500

1,326.73

+8.91

0.68%

Nasdaq

2,861.22

+23.69

0.83%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,160.31	+12.39	0.58%
FTSE 100	5,391.14	+34.80	0.65%
DAX	6,396.84	+73.65	1.16%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,160.31

+12.39

0.58%

FTSE 100

5,391.14

+34.80

0.65%

DAX

6,396.84

+73.65

1.16%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	8,657.08	+63.93	0.74%
TOPIX	727.03	+5.92	0.82%
Hang Seng	19,055.50	+254.47	1.35%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

8,657.08

+63.93

0.74%

TOPIX

727.03

+5.92

0.82%

Hang Seng

19,055.50

+254.47

1.35%

Sudan Opens Bidding for Six New Oil Blocks, SUNA Reports

By Salma El Wardany - 2012-01-15T17:06:18Z

Sudan opened bidding for six new oil blocks to international oil companies, state-run SUNA news agency said today.

Forty-two companies gathered today in Khartoum, the capital, to study the blocks in the north, west, Red Sea Coast and Blue Nile state, the agency said, citing Minister of Petroleum Awad Ahmed Aljaz. The blocks were listed as 8, 10, 12B, 14, 15, and 18.

To contact the reporter on this story: Salma El Wardany in Khartoum at selwardany@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Dick Schumacher at dschumacher@bloomberg.net