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	15,741.00	+113.77	0.73%
Hang Seng	23,261.10	-105.29	-0.45%
S&P/ASX 200	5,120.70	-44.67	-0.86%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

15,741.00

+113.77

0.73%

Hang Seng

23,261.10

-105.29

-0.45%

S&P/ASX 200

5,120.70

-44.67

-0.86%

Catalonia Won’t Oppose Budget Deficit Target, ABC Reports

By Sharon Smyth - 2012-08-03T05:56:43Z

The regional government of Catalonia will not resort to going before Spain’s Constitutional Court to challenge the budget deficit target imposed on regions by Spain’s central government, ABC newspaper reported.

Catalonia’s finances have collapsed, it can’t meet payments for health care, and is studying the possibility of adhering to a central government aid mechanism, the newspaper said.

As a result Andreu Mas-Colell, Catalonia’s Finance Chief, has asked to start “from zero” and “open channels of dialog,” ABC cited Mas-Colell as saying during a radio interview on RAC1.

To contact the reporter on this story: Sharon Smyth in Madrid at ssmyth2@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Andrew Blackman at ablackman@bloomberg.net

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