Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	12,454.80	-74.92	-0.60%
S&P 500	1,317.82	-2.86	-0.22%
Nasdaq	2,837.53	-1.85	-0.07%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

12,454.80

-74.92

-0.60%

S&P 500

1,317.82

-2.86

-0.22%

Nasdaq

2,837.53

-1.85

-0.07%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,147.92	-13.95	-0.65%
FTSE 100	5,356.34	+4.81	0.09%
DAX	6,323.19	-16.75	-0.26%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,147.92

-13.95

-0.65%

FTSE 100

5,356.34

+4.81

0.09%

DAX

6,323.19

-16.75

-0.26%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	8,593.15	+12.76	0.15%
TOPIX	721.11	-1.00	-0.14%
Hang Seng	18,801.00	+87.58	0.47%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

8,593.15

+12.76

0.15%

TOPIX

721.11

-1.00

-0.14%

Hang Seng

18,801.00

+87.58

0.47%

Aflac Plans Further Cuts to Europe Financial-Firm Investments

By Andrew Frye - 2012-02-01T14:57:54Z

Aflac Inc. (AFL), the world’s largest supplemental health insurer, said it will continue to cut its investments in European financial firms.

“Clearly the financials represent the greatest challenge with respect to the situation in Europe,” Chief Investment Officer Eric Kirsch said today in a conference call with analysts. “I felt it was necessary to have a strategy to continue to reduce these exposures.”

To contact the reporter on this story: Andrew Frye in New York at afrye@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Dan Kraut at dkraut2@bloomberg.net