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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>+37.34</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td title="Price">5557.09</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 up" rowspan="3" title="Net change"><span>+49.58</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td title="Price">9558.86</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 down" rowspan="3" title="Net change"><span>-83.69</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td title="Price">10497.36</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="http://web.archive.org/web/20090825193432/http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/mangroup" name="&lid={netMovers}{MAN GROUP}&lpos={netMovers}{1}">MAN GROUP</a> </th> <td>280.00p</td> <td>+4.83%</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090825193432/http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/royalbankofscotlandgroup" name="&lid={netMovers}{ROYAL BANK SCOT}&lpos={netMovers}{2}">ROYAL BANK SCOT</a> </th> <td>53.50p</td> <td>+3.86%</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090825193432/http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/britishairways" name="&lid={netMovers}{BRITISH AIRWAYS}&lpos={netMovers}{3}">BRITISH AIRWAYS</a> </th> <td>196.60p</td> <td>+3.53%</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090825193432/http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/cablewireless" name="&lid={netMovers}{CABLE & WIRELESS}&lpos={netMovers}{4}">CABLE & WIRELESS</a> </th> <td>145.06p</td> <td>+2.85%</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090825193432/http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/g4s" name="&lid={netMovers}{G4S}&lpos={netMovers}{5}">G4S</a> </th> <td>222.02p</td> <td>+2.78%</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="ftse100 down" summary="Moving down FTSE 100"> <thead> <tr> <th class="company" scope="col">Moving down <span>FTSE 100</span></th> <th class="price" scope="col">Price</th> <th class="change" scope="col">Change</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody class="down"> <tr> <th scope="row"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090825193432/http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/kazakhmys" name="&lid={netMovers}{KAZAKHMYS}&lpos={netMovers}{1}">KAZAKHMYS</a> </th> <td>961.00p</td> <td>-3.57%</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090825193432/http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/antofagasta" name="&lid={netMovers}{ANTOFAGASTA}&lpos={netMovers}{2}">ANTOFAGASTA</a> </th> <td>791.94p</td> <td>-3.01%</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090825193432/http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/stocksearch?query=ADML.L&searchBy=ric" name="&lid={netMovers}{ADMIRAL GROUP}&lpos={netMovers}{3}">ADMIRAL GROUP</a> </th> <td>1,044.00p</td> <td>-2.61%</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090825193432/http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/enrc" name="&lid={netMovers}{EURASIAN}&lpos={netMovers}{4}">EURASIAN</a> </th> <td>875.07p</td> <td>-2.51%</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090825193432/http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/standardchartered" name="&lid={netMovers}{STNDRD CHART BK}&lpos={netMovers}{5}">STNDRD CHART BK</a> </th> <td>1,407.00p</td> 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