Daily economic round-upBY ALFRED SINN | WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2006 12:57PMFinancial markets across the world have held up reasonably well despite North Korea's nuclear tests that sent shockwaves across global financial markets on Monday. Most markets recovered by Tuesday and the US Dow Jones Industrial Index reached its record high during the day at 11,866.9. |
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