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Name Current Change %Change Open High Low Prev. Value Close US MARKETS DOW JONES 33,852.53 3.07 0.01 33847.80 33933.91 33662.45 33849.46 NASDAQ 10,983.78 -65.72 -0.59 11060.02 11086.02 10944.37 11049.50 EUROPEAN MARKETS FTSE 7,584.03 72.03 0.96 7512.00 7584.53 7512.00 7512.00 CAC 6,722.47 53.50 0.80 6706.67 6734.86 6678.75 6668.97 DAX 14,392.64 37.19 0.26 14429.22 14487.70 14363.32 14355.45 ASIAN MARKETS SGX Nifty 18,894.00 -22.50 -0.12 18916.50 18926.50 18892.00 18916.50 NIKKEI 225 27,968.99 -58.85 -0.21 27886.67 27972.89 27802.71 28027.84 STRAITS TIMES 3,290.49 14.13 0.43 3279.86 3290.56 3270.03 3276.36 HANG SENG 18,597.23 392.55 2.16 18141.56 18645.35 18052.32 18204.68 TAIWAN WEIGHTED 14,879.55 169.91 1.16 14678.23 14879.55 14678.23 14709.64 KOSPI 2,472.53 39.14 1.61 2424.44 2472.53 2421.42 2433.39 SET COMPOSITE 1,635.36 10.97 0.68 1626.14 1636.08 1622.24 1624.39 JAKARTA COMPOSITE 7,081.31 69.24 0.99 7012.11 7081.31 6993.70 7012.07 SHANGHAI COMPOSITE 3,151.34 1.59 0.05 3141.40 3158.57 3137.37 3149.75 2.3.2023 7 MARKETS International Markets Global Indices Trading Date: 1 Mar 2023 US stocks finish lackluster session mostly lower AFTER ending the previous session modestly higher, US stocks showed a lack of direction over the course of the trading day on Wednesday. e major averages bounced back and forth across the unchanged line before eventual- ly closing in negative territory. e Dow slid 232.39 points or 0.7 percent to 32,656.70, ending the session at its lowest closing level in well over three months. e S&P 500 fell 12.09 points or 0.3 percent to 3,970.15, while the Nasdaq edged down 11.44 points or 0.1 percent to 11,455.54. e lackluster performance on Wall Street came as trad- ers seemed reluctant to make more significant moves amid ongoing concerns about the outlook for interest rates. In the coming days, traders are likely to keep an eye on reports on weekly jobless claims and manufacturing and service sector activity. e data could shed additional light on the strength of the economy and provide further clues about how much the Federal Reserve is likely to raise interest rates. In U.S. economic news, MNI Indicators released a re- port showing Chicago-area business activity unexpect- edly contracted at a slightly faster rate in the month of February. MNI Indicators said its Chicago business barometer edged down to 43.6 in February from 44.3 in January, with a reading below 50 indicating a contraction. Economists had expected the Chicago business barometer to inch up to 45.0. A separate report released by the Conference Board showed U.S. consumer confidence unexpectedly de- creased for the second consecutive month in February. e Conference Board said its consumer confidence in- dex slid to 102.9 in February from a downwardly revised 106.0 in January. e continued decrease surprised economists, who had expected the consumer confidence index to inch up to 108.5 from the 107.1 originally reported for the previous month. "e decrease reflected large drops in confidence for households aged 35 to 54 and for households earning $35,000 or more," said Ataman Ozyildirim, Senior Direc- tor, Economics at e Conference Board.