51.   GERMAN stocks closed at a record high in electronic trading.

52.   In LONDON, U.K. stocks closed mixed as gains by Lloyds TSB Group Plc and B.A.T Industries Plc offset declines in British Petroleum Plc and drugmaker Zeneca Group Plc.

53.   In LONDON, U.K. stocks closed mixed amid concern the strong pound will whittle away corporate earnings.

54.   In Japan, stocks closed lower Friday.

55.   In Tokyo, Japanese stocks closed lower Friday.

56.   In Tokyo, stocks closed slightly lower in quiet trading.

57.   In Tokyo, Japanese stocks closed slightly higher Friday after a week of big losses.

58.   Indian stocks closed lower, surging in late trading after the president asked the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party to form a government.

59.   In Tokyo, stocks closed higher Friday.

60.   Investors thought the bank may announce a rate rise after stocks close tomorrow, giving them the long Easter weekend to analyze the situation, analysts said.