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Markets in Europe were modestly higher at 6 AM New York time.

The FTSE was up .3% to 6,224. Barclays was was up .4% to 710. BP was up .9% to 589.5. BT was up .6% to 281.75. GlaxoSmithKline was down .5% to 1363. Prudential was up .9% to 681. Reuters was down .2% to 472. Unilever was up .6% to 1388. Vodafone was up .5% to 138.5.

The DAXX was up .3% to 6,472. Bayer was up .8% to 40.3. DaimlerChrysler was down .3% to 47.13. DeutscheBank was up 2.2% to 101.66. Deutsche Telekom was down .1% to 13.87. Siemens was down .6% to 75.85.

The CAC 40 was up .5% to 5,482. Alcatel was down .7% to 10.58. AXA was up .9% to 30.36. France Telecom was down .3% to 20.14. ST Micro was up .3% to 14.35. Vivendi was up .1% to 29.77.

Data from Reuters.

Douglas A. McIntyre