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Page last updated at 09:01 GMT, Sunday, 4 January 2009

Man watches screen in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Markets start year on upbeat note
Shares rise worldwide on the first day of trading in 2009 following record falls last year, as markets experience a wave of optimism.
Worst year for London market
Nikkei ends 2008 42% lower
Graphs: Stock markets in 2008

Dodge Ram trucks sit parked outside a Chrysler factory in Fenton, Missouri. Chrysler gets $4bn emergency loan
US car manufacturer Chrysler receives a $4bn (£2.75bn) emergency government loan to help stave off collapse.

Workers check pipes at the main gas centre in Budapest, Hungary Russia looks to re-route EU gas
Russian gas giant Gazprom tells the BBC that it can no longer depend on Ukraine as a transit route to the EU.

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Gold bars
Solid gold returns?
Take a look at what's happened to key commodity prices over the past few months.
Gas pipeline in Ukraine Energy enigma
What's behind Russia's decision to cut gas to Ukraine?
Euro-shaped bread In pictures
Celebrating ten years since the birth of the euro
A stop sign at the Dacia factory Sudden halt
Romania's runaway economy hits the buffers


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Ukrainian miner Dirty, dangerous, old: Ukraine's coalmines

Record drop in Japan exports

Colin Farrell Farrell film boosts economy of Bruges

Highway robbery: Thieves target trucks


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House prices 'fall to 2004 level'
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COMPANIES
Waitrose sees festive sales soar
Woolworths closure delayed by day
AFRICA
Cocoa prices hit a 23-year-high
WTO scraps plan for trade talks

AMERICAS
US offers $6bn bail-out for GMAC
US consumers cut their spending

ASIA PACIFIC
Tokyo shares end 2008 42% lower
Toyota sales plunge in November

EUROPE
Belarus to get $2.5bn IMF loan
Russia-Ukraine gas row heats up
MIDDLE EAST
Oil rises on Middle East tensions
Oil falls back below $39 a barrel
SOUTH ASIA
Tata 'to inject cash into Jaguar'
Slump hits India's car industry

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Nomura In recession
There may be bright spots for Japan in 2009
Smile Cheer up
Entrepreneur Sir David Tang on the risks of pessimism
Irving Kahn Experienced eyes
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MARKET DATA - 09:48 UK

FTSE 100
4561.79up
 127.62 2.88%
Dax
4973.07up
 162.87 3.39%
Cac 40
3349.69up
 131.72 4.09%
Dow Jones
9034.69up
 258.30 2.94%
Nasdaq
1632.21up
 55.18 3.50%
BBC Global 30
5483.64up
 83.39 1.54%
Data delayed by at least 15 minutes
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