Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,335.30	-19.12	-0.12%
S&P 500	1,666.29	-1.18	-0.07%
Nasdaq	3,496.43	-2.53	-0.07%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,335.30

-19.12

-0.12%

S&P 500

1,666.29

-1.18

-0.07%

Nasdaq

3,496.43

-2.53

-0.07%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,806.18	-18.32	-0.65%
FTSE 100	6,759.71	+4.08	0.06%
DAX	8,419.85	-35.98	-0.43%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,806.18

-18.32

-0.65%

FTSE 100

6,759.71

+4.08

0.06%

DAX

8,419.85

-35.98

-0.43%

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%

Brazil Finance Minister Asks BNDES to Cheapen Loans, Folha Says

By Stephan Nielsen - 2012-04-14T15:46:25Z

Brazil’s Finance Minister Guido Mantega has asked Brazil’s state development bank BNDES to cut the spread it levies on working capital loans, Folha de S.Paulo reported, without saying where it got the information.

Mantega and BNDES’s president, Luciano Coutinho, are studying how to guarantee that lower rates reach end borrowers, the Sao Paulo-based newspaper said today. Working capital loans below 10 million reais ($5.44 million) are often disbursed through commercial banks, which add their own spreads, making financing more expensive, according to the article.

To contact the reporter on this story: Stephan Nielsen in Sao Paulo at snielsen8@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Sylvia Wier at swier@bloomberg.net.

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