Markets in Europe were down slightly at 6.20 AM New York time.

The FTSE fell .1% to 6,563. BP (BP) was up 1.1% to 575. GSK (GSK) was down .6% to 1312.

The DAXX was off .3% to 7,685. Deutsche Bank (DB) was off 1% to 107.79. Siemens (SI) was up 1.5% to 97.85.

The CAC 40 was down .3% to 5,925. Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) was off 1.4% to 9.95. ST Micro was down 1.2% to 14.06.

Data from Reuters

Douglas A. McIntyre