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name="&lid={stocks/marketIndexes}{FTSE 100}&lpos={stocks/marketIndexes}{1}">FTSE 100</a></th> <td class="netchange down" rowspan="3" title="Net change"><span>-8.7</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td title="Price">6211.9</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="timetillclose"> Closed </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="marketindex" summary="Market index for XETRA DAX PF"> <tbody> <tr> <th class="indexname" scope="col row" title="Index">DAX</th> <td class="netchange up" rowspan="3" title="Net change"><span>+24.24</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td title="Price">7060.19</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="timetillclose"> Closed </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="marketindex" summary="Market index for DJ INDU AVERAGE"> <tbody> <tr> <th class="indexname" scope="col row" title="Index">Dow Jones</th> <td class="netchange down" rowspan="3" title="Net change"><span>-72.87</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td title="Price">12803.44</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="timetillclose"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="marketindex last" summary="Market index for NIKKEI 225 INDEX"> <tbody> <tr> <th class="indexname" scope="col row" title="Index">Nikkei</th> <td class="netchange up" rowspan="3" title="Net change"><span>+210.37</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td title="Price">13953.73</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="timetillclose"> Closed </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="col first"> <div id="ftsemovers"> <table class="ftse100 up" summary="Moving up FTSE 100"> <thead> <tr> <th class="company" scope="col">Moving up <span>FTSE 100</span></th> <th class="price" scope="col">Price</th> <th class="change" scope="col">Change</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody class="up"> <tr> <th scope="row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080513170802/http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/riotinto" name="&lid={netMovers}{RIO TINTO}&lpos={netMovers}{1}">RIO TINTO</a> </th> <td>6,661.40p</td> <td>+3.68%</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080513170802/http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/vedantaresources" name="&lid={netMovers}{VEDANTA RES}&lpos={netMovers}{2}">VEDANTA RES</a> </th> <td>2,423.00p</td> <td>+3.11%</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080513170802/http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/enrc" name="&lid={netMovers}{EURASIAN}&lpos={netMovers}{3}">EURASIAN</a> </th> <td>1,377.00p</td> <td>+3.07%</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080513170802/http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/imperialtobaccogroupbusiness" name="&lid={netMovers}{IMPERIAL TOBACCO}&lpos={netMovers}{4}">IMPERIAL TOBACCO</a> </th> <td>2,540.00p</td> <td>+1.60%</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080513170802/http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/sabmiller" name="&lid={netMovers}{SABMILLER}&lpos={netMovers}{5}">SABMILLER</a> </th> <td>1,186.00p</td> <td>+1.54%</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="ftse100 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080513170802/http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/centricabusiness" name="&lid={netMovers}{CAIRN ENERGY}&lpos={netMovers}{4}">CAIRN ENERGY</a> </th> <td>3,348.00p</td> <td>-3.82%</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080513170802/http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/bggroupbusiness" name="&lid={netMovers}{BG GROUP}&lpos={netMovers}{5}">BG GROUP</a> </th> <td>1,298.00p</td> <td>-3.71%</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> <div class="col"> <div id="lichart"> <h4>FTSE 100</h4> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080513170802im_/http://image.guim.co.uk/thirdparty/reuters/A.FTSE.png" alt="Graph displaying today's FTSE 100"/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080513170802/http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/marketroundup/" name="&lid={latestInstrumentChart}{More markets data}&lpos={latestInstrumentChart}{1}">More markets data</a> </div> <div id="stock-search"> <form 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