Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,427.40	+39.86	0.26%
S&P 500	1,673.04	+3.88	0.23%
Nasdaq	3,512.72	+10.59	0.30%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,427.40

+39.86

0.26%

S&P 500

1,673.04

+3.88

0.23%

Nasdaq

3,512.72

+10.59

0.30%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,816.50	-5.15	-0.18%
FTSE 100	6,819.57	+15.70	0.23%
DAX	8,471.03	-1.17	-0.01%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,816.50

-5.15

-0.18%

FTSE 100

6,819.57

+15.70

0.23%

DAX

8,471.03

-1.17

-0.01%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	15,627.30	+246.24	1.60%
Hang Seng	23,261.10	-105.29	-0.45%
S&P/ASX 200	5,165.37	-14.69	-0.28%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

15,627.30

+246.24

1.60%

Hang Seng

23,261.10

-105.29

-0.45%

S&P/ASX 200

5,165.37

-14.69

-0.28%

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By Ekaterina Shatalova & Ilya Khrennikov - 2012-02-29T14:53:11Z

OAO Russian Railways, the state-run rail monopoly, booked 6.5 billion rubles ($222 million) in asset-impairment charges because of Libya’s military conflict.

Russian Railways had to suspend building a $1.5 billion railroad linking Sirte and Benghazi and lost money after ongoing construction works went unpaid, the Moscow-based company said in its earnings report for the six months ended June 30.

To contact the reporters on this story: Ekaterina Shatalova in Moscow at eshatalova@bloomberg.net; Ilya Khrennikov in Moscow at ikhrennikov@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: John Viljoen at jviljoen@bloomberg.net

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