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Page last updated at 09:12 GMT, Thursday, 18 December 2008
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Global stock markets in 2008

The global financial turmoil seen during 2008 has led to extreme volatility on the world's stock markets.

Below you can see how some of the main global stock indexes have fared during 2008 (graphs update automatically).

FTSE 100 INDEX: JAN-DEC 2008
FTSE 100 INDEX chart Jan-Dec 2008

DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE: JAN-DEC 2008
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE chart Jan-Dec 2008

NIKKEI 225 INDEX: JAN-DEC 2008
NIKKEI 225 chart Jan-Dec 2008

DAX INDEX: JAN-DEC 2008
DAX INDEX chart Jan-Dec 2008

CAC 40 INDEX: JAN-DEC 2008
CAC 40 chart Jan-Dec 2008

BBC GLOBAL 30 INDEX: JAN-DEC 2008
BBC GLOBAL 30 chart Jan-Dec 2008


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MARKET DATA - 03:47 UK

FTSE 100
4388.75up
 26.91 0.62%
Dax
4978.40up
 21.21 0.43%
Cac 40
3218.46up
 18.78 0.59%
Dow Jones
8743.94up
 32.12 0.37%
Nasdaq
1886.61up
 1.58 0.08%
BBC Global 30
4653.20up
 29.76 0.64%
Data delayed by at least 15 minutes
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GLOBAL RECESSION
KEY STORIES
New US home starts surge in June
Troubled CIT 'talks with lenders'
Nokia shares slide as profits hit
China grows faster amid worries
US economy dip 'less than feared'
Record rise in UK jobless total
BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
A man walks by a billboard promoting a new shopping centre in Beijing - 12 June 2009 Spend a little, save a little: China's new rescue plan
Well Street? Goldman's success not replicated
How important are the signs the recession is bottoming out?
Economists' view of recovery
Live global share movements
CRISIS OVERVIEW
How market moves affect you
Timeline: Credit crunch to downturn
Credit crunch jargon explained
Smashed piggy bank Audio slideshow
Robert Peston's guide to the causes of the financial turmoil
VIDEO REPORTS
Employment centre Pace of US job cuts slowing

Spanish employment office Euro unemployment at decade high

Andrew Luan Ex-trader works as Wall St tour guide

Plumber New York plumber's search for work


TOP BUSINESS STORIES
New US home starts surge in June
Cost cuts see Mattel profits jump
General Electric earnings tumble

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
A farmer sells vegetables at a wholesale market on March 22, 2005 in Hefei of Anhui Province, China Sink or swim?
China's economic roller-coaster divides a village
Aniseed used in tea as a remedy for rheumatism In pictures
Famous Indian spice market feels economic heat
A rally to protest the death of Natalia Estemirova in Brussels Killing dissent
Critics of Chechen rulers risk meeting brutal ends

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