Closing stock market indices

03 Apr, 2008

Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Wednesday.
Fed chief Ben Bernanke said the US economy could contract in the first half of this year, supporting suspicions of many that it might already be in recession, and unemployment would move higher. Despite the bleak outlook, the FTSEurofirst 300 index closed up 1.2 percent at 1,317.84 points, a 5-week closing high.

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