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	2,806.55	-15.10	-0.54%
FTSE 100	6,785.37	-18.50	-0.27%
DAX	8,438.30	-33.90	-0.40%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,806.55

-15.10

-0.54%

FTSE 100

6,785.37

-18.50

-0.27%

DAX

8,438.30

-33.90

-0.40%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	15,627.30	+246.24	1.60%
Hang Seng	23,261.10	-105.29	-0.45%
S&P/ASX 200	5,165.37	-14.69	-0.28%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

15,627.30

+246.24

1.60%

Hang Seng

23,261.10

-105.29

-0.45%

S&P/ASX 200

5,165.37

-14.69

-0.28%

Lula Urges Venezuela’s Chavez to Groom Successor, La Nacion Says

By Jose Orozco - 2012-10-18T15:04:32Z

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva urged Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to begin grooming a successor, La Nacion reported.

Lula, who is recovering from treatment for cancer of the larynx, said in an interview during a visit to Argentina that democracy is an exercise in alternating power among different sectors of society, Buenos Aires-based La Nacion reported.

To contact the reporter on this story: Jose Orozco in Caracas at jorozco8@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Joshua Goodman at jgoodman19@bloomberg.net

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