Asia Markets And Europe Open 1/20/2009

Posted: January 20, 2009 at 3:23 am

Blue_hillsMarkets In Asia were mostly lower.

The Nikkei fell 2.3% to 8,066.

The Hang Seng was off 2.6% to 12,993.

The Shanghai Composite rose .4% to 1.994/

At the open in Europe, the FTSE was down .4%. The Dax was down .1% to 4,314 and the CAC 40 was up .1% to 2,003.

Data from Reuters and MarketWatch

Douglas A. McIntyre

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