Madrid - Shares of the Spanish low-cost carrier Vueling rose by 21 per cent to 6.65 euros (10.46 dollars) Tuesday after its merger with Clickair was confirmed late Monday.

Madrid - Shares of the Spanish low-cost carrier Vueling rose by 21 per cent to 6.65 euros (10.46 dollars) Tuesday after its merger with Clickair was confirmed late Monday.

Seoul - Shares nosedived Tuesday on the Seoul stock exchange on worries over a global credit crunch and fear of monetary tightening. 

New Delhi - India's benchmark Sensex shed more than 450 points, a loss of 3.48 per cent on Tuesday on heavy selling by funds and investors in blue-chip stocks.

Tokyo - Tokyo stocks ended morning trading lower Tuesday following the US market's overnight falls.

The Nikkei 225 Stock Average lost 238.18 points, or 1.78 per cent, to 13,121.86.

Beijing - China's main stock market soared by nearly 5 per cent on Monday amid a widespread rally led by state-run financial, aviation and property firms, and speculation that the government may try to bolster the real-estate sector.

The key Shanghai Composite Index, which tracks shares traded in local and foreign currency, gained 122.65 points, or 4.59 per cent, to close at 2,792.54.

The smaller Shenzhen Component Index also gained 3.96 per cent, while only eight stocks fell of the 1,581 listed on the two markets.