Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,179.80	+109.67	0.73%
S&P 500	1,639.04	+12.31	0.76%
Nasdaq	3,452.13	+28.58	0.83%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,179.80

+109.67

0.73%

S&P 500

1,639.04

+12.31

0.76%

Nasdaq

3,452.13

+28.58

0.83%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,691.85	-10.84	-0.40%
FTSE 100	6,323.21	-7.28	-0.12%
DAX	8,194.25	-21.48	-0.26%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,691.85

-10.84

-0.40%

FTSE 100

6,323.21

-7.28

-0.12%

DAX

8,194.25

-21.48

-0.26%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	13,007.30	-25.84	-0.20%
Hang Seng	21,168.50	-57.41	-0.27%
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

21,168.50

-57.41

-0.27%

S&P/ASX 200

4,814.35

-11.53

-0.24%

Lagarde Hails ‘Very Encouraging News’ From Athens on Austerity

By Jonathan Stearns - 2012-02-09T16:05:24Z

Christine Lagarde, a former French finance minister who’s now the International Monetary Fund’s managing director, hailed the “very encouraging news” from Athens on an austerity agreement.

“There are clearly some very encouraging news coming out of Athens” following “very heavy-duty work that’s been done lately,” Lagarde told reporters in Brussels today before a meeting of euro-area finance chiefs. “It’s positive.”

To contact the reporter on this story: Jonathan Stearns in Brussels at jstearns2@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: James Hertling at jhertling@bloomberg.net

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