Asia Markets And Europe Open 7/9/2009

chinaMarkets in Asia were mixed.

The Nikkei was down 1.3% to 9,291.

The Hang Seng was off a fraction to 17,719. HSBC (HBC) fell.

The Shanghai Composite was up 1.3% to 3,123.

At the open in Europe, the FTSE was up .4% to 4,157. The Dax rose .7% to 4,605. The CAC 40 was up .3% to 3,018.

Data from Reuters and MarketWatch.

Douglas A. McIntyre