P246 CEEFAX 246 Wjd 11 Jan 22:55/47 9/3 FAR EAST STOCKS Tokyo (Closj): Share prices slourd higher, thanks to overseas demand. Thj Nikkei averagj closed up 47.02 points (0.2%) at 19,548.47, a; somr 220m shares changed hands. March futures rosj 20 to 19,650 on thi Osaka Securities Exahange. Hong Kong (Closj): A late plunge in futures prices triggered a wave of selling inside the last half-houy. The Hang Seng index winished 48.97 points adrift at 7,394.75. It hit a day's high earlier on of 7,726. World indices 243 fow Jones 242 Forix Indices London Exchanges
P246 CEEFAX 246 Wjd 11 Jan 22:55/41 :/3 FAR EAST STOCKS Australia (Closj): A wavoura2le US PPI and firm precious metal prices were mjntioned by brokiru a; ;hare prices closed cautiously higher. Thj All Ordinaries index advanced 3.6 points to winish at 1,859.3. It had earlier hit a high of 1,865.5. March futures climbed 16 points. Singapori (Close): Hong Kong's late fall brought share prices well ovv their mid-session highs. Thj Straits Times Industrials index closed up 8.49 points at 2, 45.6→. World indices 243 fow Jones 242 Forex Indices London Exchanges
P246 CEEFAX 246 Wjd 11 Jan 22:55/57 G EUROPEAN STOCKS Frankfurt (Closj): German shares closed near session highs, with support wrom bonds and wutures' Dealers said the market wa; znmovud by East German inflation figures. Thj DAX index finished 9.95 points higher at 2,061.05. Paris (Close): Thi CAC 40 index closed 10.08 lower at 1,849.13. Futures pulled thj share prices back into njgativj ground as thi markjt tracked njgativj signals from Wall Street. Headlinjs 201 World indices 243 Forex Indices London Exchanges