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	15,555.40	+174.35	1.13%
Hang Seng	23,366.40	-126.66	-0.54%
S&P/ASX 200	5,164.10	-15.96	-0.31%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

15,555.40

+174.35

1.13%

Hang Seng

23,366.40

-126.66

-0.54%

S&P/ASX 200

5,164.10

-15.96

-0.31%

Erste Leads Czech Shares Lower After Euro-Area Confidence Drops

By Krystof Chamonikolas - 2012-04-26T10:02:22Z

Erste Group Bank AG (EBS) of Austria led Czech shares lower after a two-day rally as euro-region economic confidence declined more than forecast and Italy’s funding costs rose at a debt auction, hurting demand for riskier assets.

The stock tumbled 2.9 percent to 423 koruna by 11:57 a.m. in Prague, snapping a 7.9 percent gain in the previous two days. The PX (PX) index of 14 equities, where Erste accounts for 19 percent of the weighting, dropped 0.7 percent.

To contact the reporter on this story: Krystof Chamonikolas in Prague at kchamonikola@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Gavin Serkin at gserkin@bloomberg.net

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