Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,328.60	-25.76	-0.17%
S&P 500	1,667.18	-0.29	-0.02%
Nasdaq	3,497.58	-1.38	-0.04%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,328.60

-25.76

-0.17%

S&P 500

1,667.18

-0.29

-0.02%

Nasdaq

3,497.58

-1.38

-0.04%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,824.50	+6.51	0.23%
FTSE 100	6,755.63	+32.57	0.48%
DAX	8,455.83	+57.83	0.69%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,824.50

+6.51

0.23%

FTSE 100

6,755.63

+32.57

0.48%

DAX

8,455.83

+57.83

0.69%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	15,360.80	+222.69	1.47%
Hang Seng	23,493.00	+410.35	1.78%
S&P/ASX 200	5,209.04	+28.26	0.55%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

15,360.80

+222.69

1.47%

Hang Seng

23,493.00

+410.35

1.78%

S&P/ASX 200

5,209.04

+28.26

0.55%

Merkel Says Closer Economic Ties Would Be Good for Germany

By Annette Weisbach - 2012-06-30T09:04:42Z

Germany and the U.S. would benefit from closer economic ties that are currently hampered by trade barriers, Chancellor Angela Merkel said.

Merkel, who welcomed free trade talks between the European Union and the U.S., said closer ties would promote economic growth and job creation in both nations, in her weekly podcast today.

“We could develop our economies even more, and generate more growth, more jobs, if we didn’t have so many trade obstacles,” she said.

To contact the reporter on this story: Annette Weisbach in Frankfurt at aweisbach1@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Frank Connelly at fconnelly@bloomberg.net

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