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	15,558.80	+177.75	1.16%
Hang Seng	23,366.40	-126.66	-0.54%
S&P/ASX 200	5,167.50	-12.56	-0.24%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

15,558.80

+177.75

1.16%

Hang Seng

23,366.40

-126.66

-0.54%

S&P/ASX 200

5,167.50

-12.56

-0.24%

EU to Present Financial-Transaction Tax Proposal on Feb. 14

By Jim Brunsden - 2013-02-01T15:14:42Z

The European Commission will present plans on Feb. 14 for a financial-transaction tax to be applied by a group of interested member states.

The initiative will be based on a prior transaction-tax proposal for all 27 EU nations that failed to gain support, the Brussels-based commission said in a statement on its website. The proposal must be agreed on by participating governments before it can take effect.

The objectives of the tax are to “deliver important new revenues, ensure a fair contribution from the financial sector to public finances, contribute to more responsible trading and enable a coherent approach to taxing this sector in the single market,” the commission said.

To contact the reporter on this story: Jim Brunsden in Brussels at jbrunsden@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Anthony Aarons at aaarons@bloomberg.net

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