Markets in Europe were modestly higher.

The FTSE rose .5% to 6,170. Barclays (BCS) was up 3.2% to 540.5. British Air (BA) was up 3.5% to 328.

The DAXX was up .9% to 7,595. Deutsche Bank (DB) rose 2.7% to 86.8. Linde rose 3.4% to 88.9

The CAC 40 moved up .3% to 5,451. Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) was up 2.2% to 5.16. BNP Paribas was up 2.2% to 73.35.

Data from Reuters

Douglas A. McIntyre