Vienna - The Vienna Stock Exchange won anti-trust regulators' approval to take over Slovenia's main bourse, the Austrian operator said Thursday.
Wiener Boerse agreed in June to buy an 81.01-per-cent stake in the stock exchange of the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, beating an offer from Greek Hellenic Exchanges.
Slovenian anti-trust authorities have now cleared the deal, the Vienna exchange said in a statement.
Singapore - Singapore shares jumped 3.4 per cent Thursday after central banks around the globe, including four in Asia, cut interest rates in a coordinated push to curb the impact of the global financial crisis.
Traders said they were not expecting the rebound to last, pointing out that the banking crisis would not immediately go away.
The Straits Times Index rose 69.1 points to close at 2102.71 as the shares of 278 companies declined and 250 gained.
London - The London stock market rebounded in early trading Thursday, which saw the Financial Times Share Index rise by 3 per cent while banking shares were up again sharply.
The recovery was led by banks expected to tap the government for new capital pledged in a 50-billion-pound (87-billion-dollar) package Wednesday, and boosted by gains on Far Eastern markets as well as the global interest rate cuts.
Shares in Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) were up nearly 30 per cent Thursday, while Royal Bank of Scotland shares rose by 16 per cent.
Seoul - Shares closed slightly higher Thursday on the Seoul stock exchange as central banks around the world, including South Korea's, cut interest rates.
The benchmark Kospi index edged up 8.2 points, or 0.6 per cent, to close at 1,294.89.
Advancing issues outnumbered losers 414 to 406.
The main index of the technology-heavy Kosdaq market declined 1.63 points to 369.84.
Vienna - The Vienna Stock Exchange won anti-trust regulators' approval to take over Slovenia's main bourse, the Austrian operator said Thursday.
Hanoi - Vietnam's stock market fell slightly Thursday as local traders sold on declines in global markets, securities experts said.
Singapore - Singapore shares jumped 3.4 per cent Thursday after central banks around the globe, including four in Asia, cut interest rates in a coordinated push to curb the impact of the global financial crisis.
London - The London stock market rebounded in early trading Thursday, which saw the Financial Times Share Index rise by 3 per cent while banking shares were up again sharply.
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Seoul - Shares closed slightly higher Thursday on the Seoul stock exchange as central banks around the world, including South Korea's, cut interest rates.
