Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,387.60	+52.30	0.34%
S&P 500	1,669.16	+2.87	0.17%
Nasdaq	3,502.12	+5.69	0.16%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,387.60

+52.30

0.34%

S&P 500

1,669.16

+2.87

0.17%

Nasdaq

3,502.12

+5.69

0.16%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,821.65	-2.85	-0.10%
FTSE 100	6,803.87	+48.24	0.71%
DAX	8,472.20	+16.37	0.19%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,821.65

-2.85

-0.10%

FTSE 100

6,803.87

+48.24

0.71%

DAX

8,472.20

+16.37

0.19%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	15,494.60	+113.62	0.74%
Hang Seng	23,366.40	-126.66	-0.54%
S&P/ASX 200	5,192.40	+12.34	0.24%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

15,494.60

+113.62

0.74%

Hang Seng

23,366.40

-126.66

-0.54%

S&P/ASX 200

5,192.40

+12.34

0.24%

BP, BG, Total, Tullow Oil Will Explore for Crude in Uruguay

By Pablo Gonzalez & Lucia Baldomir - 2012-10-05T19:57:06Z

BP Plc (BP/), BG Group Plc (BG/), Total SA (FP) and Tullow Oil Plc (TLW) signed production sharing contracts for eight deep-water exploration blocks off Uruguay’s coast.

The companies had won the contracts in Uruguay’s second offshore licensing round in March, the government said in a statement today.

“In a few days the first two seismic vessels from Total will arrive and the other companies will start to work in 2013,” said Raul Sendic, president of Uruguayan state oil company Ancap. “Companies will invest around $1.5 billion.”

To contact the reporters on this story: Pablo Gonzalez in Buenos Aires at pgonzalez49@bloomberg.net; Lucia Baldomir in Montevideo at lbaldomir@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: James Attwood at jattwood3@bloomberg.net

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