Markets in Europe were off at 6.40 AM New York time.

The FTSE was down .2% at 6,573. Barclays (BCS) was down 1.3% to 710.5. BP (BP) was up 1% to 595. BT (BT) rose 2.9% to 324.5. Vodafone (VOD) was up 2.3% to 161.2.

The DAXX was off .8% to 7,865. Bayer (BAY) was down 1.4% to 55.43. DeutscheBank (DB) was down 1.4% to 107.47.

The CAC 40 was down .6% to 5,867. AXA (AXA) was down .8% 32.09.

Data from Reuters.

Douglas A. McIntyre