Markets in Europe were down slightly at 5.50 AM New York time.

The FTSE was off .1% to 6,313. Barclays was up .7% to 744. BT was down .6% to 306.25. BP was up 1% to 534. GSK was down .6% to 1406. Reuters was up 1% to 460.5. Vodafone was down 1% to 142.

The Daxx was down .2% to 6,840. Daimler was up 1.8% to 59.44. DB was down .8% to 99.5. DT was down 1.1% to 12.5. SAP was down 1.4% to 34.35.

The CAC 40 was down .2% to 5,580. Alcatel-Lucent was down 1.5% to 8.55. AXA was down .2% to 31.28. France Telecom was down 1.2 % to 19.92. ST Micro was up .1% to 14.3 Vivendi was up .3% to 30.08.

Data from Reuters

Douglas A. McIntyre