Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,307.20	-80.41	-0.52%
S&P 500	1,655.35	-13.81	-0.83%
Nasdaq	3,463.30	-38.82	-1.11%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,307.20

-80.41

-0.52%

S&P 500

1,655.35

-13.81

-0.83%

Nasdaq

3,463.30

-38.82

-1.11%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,835.01	+13.36	0.47%
FTSE 100	6,840.27	+36.40	0.53%
DAX	8,530.89	+58.69	0.69%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,835.01

+13.36

0.47%

FTSE 100

6,840.27

+36.40

0.53%

DAX

8,530.89

+58.69

0.69%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	15,663.00	+35.69	0.23%
Hang Seng	22,867.90	-393.13	-1.69%
S&P/ASX 200	5,073.20	-92.17	-1.78%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

15,663.00

+35.69

0.23%

Hang Seng

22,867.90

-393.13

-1.69%

S&P/ASX 200

5,073.20

-92.17

-1.78%

India Reports Smaller-Than-Projected Budget Deficit for FY12

By Unni Krishnan - 2012-05-31T14:15:31Z

India’s government reported its budget deficit in the year to March 31 was 5.76 percent of gross domestic product, smaller than its earlier projection of 5.9 percent.

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee aims to cut the shortfall to 5.1 percent in the current year by capping subsidies on products such as fuels and fertilizers. Revenue deficit was also lower at 4.34 percent of GDP, compared with an earlier estimate of 4.4 percent.

Some spending plans for the current fiscal year have been reduced by 10 percent as part of austerity measures, the government said separately today. The budget gap reached 13.1 percent of the annual target in April, the government said.

To contact the reporter on this story: Unni Krishnan in New Delhi at ukrishnan2@bloomberg.net.

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Stephanie Phang at sphang@bloomberg.net

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