Saturday’s breakfast briefing: Top corporate news (March 11)

From left: SMPP managing Director Ku Haris Ku Mahmud, MMC-Gamuda KVMRT Sdn Bhd deputy construction director Adil Putra Ahmad and MRT Corp strategic communications and public relations director Amir Mahmood Razak checking out the site near Kota Damansara.

* Key figures around 1650 GMT (12:50am Malaysian time)         

London - FTSE 100: UP 0.4% at 7,343.08 points (close)

Frankfurt - DAX 30: DOWN 0.1% at 11.963.18 (close)

Paris - CAC 40: UP 0.2% at 4,993.32 (close)

EURO STOXX 50: UP 0.2% at 3,416.27 (close)

New York - Dow: UP 0.1% at 20,876.65

Tokyo - Nikkei 225: UP 1.5% at 19,604.61 (close)

Hong Kong - Hang Seng: UP 0.3% at 23,568.67 (close)

Shanghai - Composite: DOWN 0.1% at 3,212.76 (close)

Euro/dollar: UP at $1.0669 from $1.0576 Thursday

Pound/dollar: DOWN at $1.2154 from $1.2162

Dollar/yen: UP at 115.08 yen from 114.98 yen

Oil - Brent North Sea: DOWN 36 cents at $51.83 per barrel

Oil - West Texas Intermediate: DOWN 22 cents at $49.06

* The key figures are from AFP news service