Markets in Europe were off slightly at 6 AM New York time.

The FTSE fell .3% to 6,321. Barclays (BCS) was up 2.5% to 526. BP (BP) was off 1.9% to 585. BHP Billiton (BHP) was off 2.7% to 1564. Rio Tinto (RTP) was off 4.6% to 5396. Vodafone (VOD) was up 3.2%to 187.9.

THe DAXX dropped .9% to 7,763. Daimler was down 2.9% to 70.02. Siemens (SI) was down 1.4% to 101.18.

The CAC 40 was off .6% to 5,502. France Telecom (FTE) was up 1.7% to 25.36.

Data from Reuters

Douglas A. McIntyre