Asia Markets And Europe Open 1/15/2009

Posted: January 15, 2009 at 3:17 am

Water_liliesMarkets in Asia were sharply lower.

THe Nikkei fell 4.9% to 8,023.

The Hang Seng was off 3.4% to 13,235.

The Shanghai Composite fell .5% to 1,920.

At the open in Europe, the FTSE was up .2% to 4,190. The DAX was higher by .3% to 4,436 and the CAC 40 was up .3% to 3,052.

Data from MarketWatch and Reuters.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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