Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,112.20	-206.04	-1.35%
S&P 500	1,628.93	-22.88	-1.39%
Nasdaq	3,443.20	-38.98	-1.12%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,112.20

-206.04

-1.35%

S&P 500

1,628.93

-22.88

-1.39%

Nasdaq

3,443.20

-38.98

-1.12%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,683.98	-16.95	-0.63%
FTSE 100	6,348.82	-25.39	-0.40%
DAX	8,197.08	-32.43	-0.39%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,683.98

-16.95

-0.63%

FTSE 100

6,348.82

-25.39

-0.40%

DAX

8,197.08

-32.43

-0.39%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	13,079.70	-165.48	-1.25%
Hang Seng	20,458.20	-528.72	-2.52%
S&P/ASX 200	4,744.20	-117.18	-2.41%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

13,079.70

-165.48

-1.25%

Hang Seng

20,458.20

-528.72

-2.52%

S&P/ASX 200

4,744.20

-117.18

-2.41%

Woodside CEO ‘Confident’ $696 Million Leviathan Deal to Close

By Jim Polson - 2013-03-06T18:03:53Z

Woodside Petroleum Ltd. (WPL) Chief Executive Officer Peter J. Coleman said he’s “confident” of closing the $696 million purchase of a stake in Israel’s largest natural gas field from Noble Energy Inc. (NBL)

The Leviathan natural gas project purchase doesn’t appear to violate Israeli law, Coleman said today in a press conference at IHS CERAWeek in Houston. Woodside agreed to buy a 30 percent stake in the project from Noble in December.

Noble partner Delek Group Ltd. (DLEKG) fell the most in more than nine months today on investor concern the nation’s antitrust regulator may declare the partners in Leviathan a cartel.

To contact the reporter on this story: Jim Polson in Houston at jpolson@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Susan Warren at susanwarren@bloomberg.net

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