Markets in Europe were mixed and 6.45 AM New York time.

The FTSE rose .2% to 6,261. BT (BT) was up .3% to 312. BP (BP) was up .4% to 578.

The DAXX was off .5% to 7,470. DeutscheBank (DB) was down 1.7% to 96.82. Siemens (SI) was up 1.5% to 95.49. Volkswagen was up 2.8% to 143.95 on strong earnings.

The CAC 40 was up  fraction at 5,677. Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) was down 1.4% to 9.55. France Telecom (FTE) was up .6% to 19.57.

Data from Reuters

Douglas A. McIntyre