Asia Markets And Europe Open (11/12/2009)

chinaMarkets in Asia were moderately lower.

The Nikkei fell .7% to 9,804. Honda (NYSE:HMC) rose.

The Hang Seng fell 1% to 22,402. HSBC (NYSE:HBC) dropped.

The Shanghai Composite fell .1% to 3,173.

At the open in Europe, the FTSE lost .1% to 5,263. The Dax dropped .2% to 5,656. The CAC 40 fell .2% to 3,806.

Data from MarketWatch and Reuters.

Douglas A. McIntyre