Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,303.10	+8.60	0.06%
S&P 500	1,649.60	-0.91	-0.06%
Nasdaq	3,459.14	-0.27	-0.01%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,303.10

+8.60

0.06%

S&P 500

1,649.60

-0.91

-0.06%

Nasdaq

3,459.14

-0.27

-0.01%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,764.29	-12.49	-0.45%
FTSE 100	6,654.34	-42.45	-0.63%
DAX	8,305.32	-46.66	-0.56%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,764.29

-12.49

-0.45%

FTSE 100

6,654.34

-42.45

-0.63%

DAX

8,305.32

-46.66

-0.56%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	14,612.50	+128.47	0.89%
Hang Seng	22,618.70	-51.01	-0.23%
S&P/ASX 200	4,983.50	-78.95	-1.56%

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Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

14,612.50

+128.47

0.89%

Hang Seng

22,618.70

-51.01

-0.23%

S&P/ASX 200

4,983.50

-78.95

-1.56%

DRB Shareholders Approve Purchase of 42.7% of Proton

By Chong Pooi Koon - 2012-03-14T07:57:11Z

(Corrects stake of extra purchase in second paragraph.)

DRB-Hicom Bhd. (DRB)’s shareholders approved the company’s plan to buy a controlling 42.7 percent stake in Proton Holdings Bhd. (PROH) for 1.29 billion ringgit ($425 million) from Khazanah Nasional Bhd.

DRB will complete the purchase of the state-owned carmaker in seven days, according to a company statement. Proton will become a 50-percent owned subsidiary, it said. DRB bought an additional 7.3 percent stake in Proton from the open market in January.

To contact the reporter on this story: Chong Pooi Koon in Kuala Lumpur at pchong17@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Elffie Chew at echew16@bloomberg.net

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