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Yields on German 10-year bonds, the European benchmark, were unchanged, at 1.764 percent.

German Bunds, the euro zone benchmark, were relatively unchanged at 1.8 percent.

Benchmark foreign exchange rates, known as the WM/Reuters benchmark, were set every day at 4pm in London.

As the day progressed, they learned quite a bit: That rents at the Murray Hill, now their benchmark, were on the high side.

Contracts for North Sea Brent crude oil for October delivery, the European oil benchmark, were trading at $28.10 a barrel at midday, down 21 cents from Wednesday's close on the International Petroleum Exchange in London.

Last month, six defendants in an SFO case regarding alleged rigging of the Libor interest rate benchmark were cleared by a jury, dealing a significant blow to the organisation.

But India's benchmark was unusually abstemious.

"The benchmark is Doncaster Rovers.

"My benchmark is myself," she says.

The benchmark is up 2.6percentthis yearar.

"If your benchmark is Burgundy, forget it,'' she said.