Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,354.40	+121.18	0.80%
S&P 500	1,667.47	+17.00	1.03%
Nasdaq	3,498.97	+33.72	0.97%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,354.40

+121.18

0.80%

S&P 500

1,667.47

+17.00

1.03%

Nasdaq

3,498.97

+33.72

0.97%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,817.99	+11.29	0.40%
FTSE 100	6,723.06	+35.26	0.53%
DAX	8,398.00	+28.13	0.34%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,817.99

+11.29

0.40%

FTSE 100

6,723.06

+35.26

0.53%

DAX

8,398.00

+28.13

0.34%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	15,304.90	+166.76	1.10%
Hang Seng	23,082.70	+38.44	0.17%
S&P/ASX 200	5,232.50	+51.73	1.00%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

15,304.90

+166.76

1.10%

Hang Seng

23,082.70

+38.44

0.17%

S&P/ASX 200

5,232.50

+51.73

1.00%

German Companies Face Increased Loan Costs, Handelsblatt Says

By Annette Weisbach - 2012-07-05T07:02:32Z

Banking regulation will increase financing costs for German companies by about 5 billion euros ($6.3 billion) as banks pass on increased expenses to clients, Handelsblatt reported citing a study by the Technical University of Munich and the Association of Bavarian Business.

Germany’s small- and medium-sized companies, are more reliant on bank loans than publicly trading companies that can tap the markets for funds, Handelsblatt 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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