Asia Markets And Europe Open 1/12/2009

Posted: January 12, 2009 at 3:22 am

EmpireMarkets in Asia were lower.

The Nikkei did not trade due to a holiday.

The Hang Seng fell 3% to 13,946.

The Shanghai Composite was off .2% to 1,900.

At the open in Europe, the FTSE was down .2% to 4,440. The Daxx fell ,5% to 4,460. The CAC 40 dropped .2% to 3,294.

Data from Reuters and MarketWatch.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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