BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The following are the indices of major stock markets worldwide on Friday.

IN THE UNITED STATES

The S&P 500 Index opened at 5,630.73 points, down 32.16 points, or 0.57 percent.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average opened at 41,763.40 points, down 189.92 points, or 0.45 percent.

The Nasdaq Composite Index opened at 17,519.84 points, down 171.79 points, or 0.97 percent.

IN EUROPE

The DAX Index opened at 22,926.42 points, down 72.73 points, or 0.32 percent.

The FTSE 100 Index opened at 8,701.99 points, up 0.00 points, or 0.00 percent.

The Paris CAC 40 opened at 8,062.27 points, down 31.93 points, or 0.39 percent.

IN ASIA

The Shanghai Composite Index closed at 3,364.83 points, down 44.12 points, or 1.29 percent.

The Shenzhen Component Index closed at 10,687.55 points, down 191.94 points, or 1.76 percent.

The Hang Seng Index closed at 23,689.72 points, down 530.23 points, or 2.19 percent.

The S&P/ASX 200 index closed at 7,932.10 points, up 13.20 points, or 0.17 percent.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average closed at 37,677.06 points, down 74.82 points, or 0.20 percent.

The Straits Times Index closed at 3,926.45 points, down 4.04 points, or 0.10 percent.

The Korea Composite Stock Price Index closed at 2,643.13 points, up 6.03 points, or 0.23 percent. Enditem

(This article is generated by Xinhua News Robot.)

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