Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,294.50	-12.67	-0.08%
S&P 500	1,650.51	-4.84	-0.29%
Nasdaq	3,459.42	-3.88	-0.11%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,294.50

-12.67

-0.08%

S&P 500

1,650.51

-4.84

-0.29%

Nasdaq

3,459.42

-3.88

-0.11%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,776.78	-58.23	-2.05%
FTSE 100	6,696.79	-143.48	-2.10%
DAX	8,351.98	-178.91	-2.10%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,776.78

-58.23

-2.05%

FTSE 100

6,696.79

-143.48

-2.10%

DAX

8,351.98

-178.91

-2.10%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	14,867.90	+383.92	2.65%
Hang Seng	22,715.90	+46.19	0.20%
S&P/ASX 200	4,985.70	-76.75	-1.52%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

14,867.90

+383.92

2.65%

Hang Seng

22,715.90

+46.19

0.20%

S&P/ASX 200

4,985.70

-76.75

-1.52%

Genworth Avoids Downgrade at Moody’s by Isolating Mortgage Unit

By Zachary Tracer - 2013-01-16T17:06:44Z

Genworth Financial Inc. had its credit rating confirmed at Baa3 by Moody’s Investors Service after announcing plans to distance the mortgage-guaranty unit from the rest of the company.

Moody’s, which had been considering whether to downgrade Genworth to junk status since June, said in a statement that today’s action concludes the review of Richmond, Virginia-based Genworth.

To contact the reporter on this story: Zachary Tracer in New York at ztracer1@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Dan Kraut at dkraut2@bloomberg.net

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