Markets in Europe were up modestly at 5.25 New York time.
The FTSE was up .4% to 6,044. BEA was down 1.7% to 384. BP was up .5% to 570.5. BT was up .3% to 288.5. GlaxoSmithKline was down .4% to 1354. Prudential was up .5% to 660. Reuters was down .1% to 450.25. Unliver was up 1% to 1360. Vodafone was up 1.7% to 134.75.
The DAXX was up .3% to 6,260. Bayer was up 1.1% to 39.26. DaimlerChrylser was up .8% to 43.76. DeutcheBank was up .1% to 96.58. Deutsche Telekom was down .1% to 13.14. SAP was up .3% to 154.34.
The CAC 40 was up .3% to 5,269. Alcatel was flat at 10.12. AXA was up 2.1% to 28.68. France Telecom was down .2% to 19.32. ST Micro was up .6% to 13.54. Vivendi was up 1.2% to 29.
Douglas A. McIntyre
