Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,387.60	+52.30	0.34%
S&P 500	1,669.16	+2.87	0.17%
Nasdaq	3,502.12	+5.69	0.16%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,387.60

+52.30

0.34%

S&P 500

1,669.16

+2.87

0.17%

Nasdaq

3,502.12

+5.69

0.16%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,821.65	-2.85	-0.10%
FTSE 100	6,803.87	+48.24	0.71%
DAX	8,472.20	+16.37	0.19%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,821.65

-2.85

-0.10%

FTSE 100

6,803.87

+48.24

0.71%

DAX

8,472.20

+16.37

0.19%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	15,381.00	+20.21	0.13%
Hang Seng	23,366.40	-126.66	-0.54%
S&P/ASX 200	5,180.06	-28.98	-0.56%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

15,381.00

+20.21

0.13%

Hang Seng

23,366.40

-126.66

-0.54%

S&P/ASX 200

5,180.06

-28.98

-0.56%

China Petrochemical Gains on Board Approval of Dividend Plan

By Michelle Yun - 2012-04-11T03:00:24Z

China Petrochemical Development Corp. (1314), a chemical producer, rose in Taipei trading after its board approved cash and stock dividend plans.

Shares rose as much as 6.1 percent to NT$33.20 before trading at NT$32.95 as of 10:59 a.m. local time. It was the second-biggest gainer in the MSCI Asia Pacific Index (MXAP) today.

The Taipei-based company plans to pay cash dividend of NT$1.75 a share for 2011 and stock dividend of 17.5 percent, it said in statements to the Taiwan stock exchange yesterday. Shareholders will meet on June 27 to approve the plan, it said.

To contact the reporter on this story: Michelle Yun in Hong Kong at myun11@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Ben Richardson at brichardson8@bloomberg.net

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