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SYMBOL LAST CHANGE % HIGH LOW DOW JONES – US 33,561.80 -56.88 -0.17% 33,656.40 33,509.70 NASDAQ – US 12,179.50 +0.00 +0.00% 12,216.10 12,174.10 S&P 500 – US 4,119.17 -18.95 -0.46% 4,130.35 4,116.65 RUSSELL 2000 – US 1,749.68 -4.79 -0.27% 1,756.09 1,737.70 S&P TSX – CANADA 20,585.70 +0.58 +0.00% 20,599.00 20,455.50 IPC – MEXICO 55,452.70 +419.61 +0.76% 55,497.80 54,899.40 FTSE – UK 7,750.80 -13.29 -0.17% 7,778.98 7,750.37 CAC 40 – FRANCE 7,373.77 -23.40 -0.32% 7,416.32 7,373.20 DAX 40 – GERMANY 15,886.20 -69.32 -0.43% 15,980.80 15,884.00 FTSE MIB – ITALY 27,325.70 -57.80 -0.21% 27,476.40 27,324.70 MICEX – RUSSIA 2,524.31 -3.28 -0.13% 2,535.03 2,483.79 NIKKEI 225 – JAPAN 29,122.20 -120.64 -0.41% 29,195.20 29,070.10 SHANGHAI COMPOSITE – CHINA 3,319.15 -38.52 -1.15% 3,349.72 3,305.25 HANG SENG – HONG KONG 19,776.90 -90.64 -0.46% 19,880.00 19,696.60 NIFTY 50 – INDIA 18,249.10 -16.90 -0.09% 18,323.20 18,211.90 KOSPI – KOREA 2,496.51 -13.55 -0.54% 2,510.13 2,488.42 26.10.2023 7 MARKETS International Markets Global Indices Trading Date: 25 October 2023 FTSE 100 Daily Price Chart DAX 40 Daily Price Chart FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder Sam Bank- man-Fried plans to testify at his criminal fraud trial, his defense lawyer said. Bankman-Fried's defense lawyer, Mark Cohen, made the announcement during a telephone hearing on Wednes- day. Bankman Fried, 31, is charged with seven criminal counts of securities fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy to launder money. Prosecutors say he looted billions of dol- lars in FTX customer funds to plug losses at his Alameda Research hedge fund, make speculative venture invest- ments, and donate more than $100m to US political can- didates and campaigns. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges. ree former members of Bankman-Fried's inner circle at FTX and Alameda testified during his trial earlier this month that he directed them to commit fraud, including Caroline Ellison, his ex-girlfriend and the former Alame- da CEO. Over three days of testimony earlier this month, Ellison described her personal relationship with Bank- man-Fried and the alleged crimes she said they commit- ted. e decision to use FTX customer funds to cover Alam- eda's shortfall was Bankman-Fried's, she said, and he re- peatedly directed her to repay loans. "I understood that he was telling me to use FTX customer funds to repay our loans." Bankman-Fried has acknowledged making mistakes running FTX and Alameda, but has argued he never knowingly committed fraud. Taking the stand could give him an opportunity to win jurors' trust after weeks of un- flattering testimony from government witnesses. His defense has sought to paint him as a "math nerd" who never intended to defraud anyone but fell in over his head. In addition to Bankman-Fried, Cohen also told the judge overseeing the case on Wednesday that the defense planned to call witnesses including Christina Rolle, the chief securities regulator in the Bahamas, where FTX was based until its November 2022 collapse. Prosecutors are expected to rest their case on ursday after a weeklong break. e defense is then expected to begin presenting its case. FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried plans to testify at criminal fraud trial