Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,345.90	-8.52	-0.06%
S&P 500	1,666.67	-0.80	-0.05%
Nasdaq	3,496.55	-2.41	-0.07%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,345.90

-8.52

-0.06%

S&P 500

1,666.67

-0.80

-0.05%

Nasdaq

3,496.55

-2.41

-0.07%

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%

Europe Local Authorities Have 1.5 Trillion-Euro Debt,Figaro Says

By James Kraus - 2012-07-30T20:30:35Z

Local governments in 12 European countries will have 1.5 trillion euros ($1.83 trillion) in debt by the end of the year, Le Figaro reported, citing an estimate by Standard & Poor’s.

Local authorities financing needs will rise 27 percent this year to 268 billion euros, including 71 billion euros in Spain’s autonomous regions, the newspaper said, citing S&P.

Local authorities in Italy need to borrow 6.5 billion euros and in the U.K. 25 billion euros, Figaro said.

To contact the reporter on this story: James Kraus in London at jkraus2@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Angela Cullen at acullen8@bloomberg.net

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