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

The FTSE was down .2% to 6,442. Barclays (BCS) was off 1.3% to 705. BT (BT) was down 2.2% to 321. Vodafone (VOD) was down 1.5% to 154.

The DAXX fell .2% to 7,681. DaimlerChrysler (DCX) was up 1.2% to 67.75. Siemens (SI) was down 1.4% to 98.28.

The CAC 40 fell .2% to 5,828. Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) fell 1.2% to 9.76. Vivendi was up 1.6% to 32.78.

Data from Reuters.

Douglas A. McIntyre