Asia Markets And Europe Open (2/5/2010) Hong Kong Collapses

Posted: February 5, 2010 at 3:22 am

Markets in Asia were sharply lower.

The Nikkei fell 2.9% to 10,057.

The Hang Seng fell 3.3% to 19,675.

The Shanghai Composite fell 1.6% to 2,939.

At the open in Europe, the FTSE was down .4% to 5,118. Barclays (NYSE: BCS) fell. The Dax was off .1% to 5,526. The CAC 40 dropped .4% to 3,673.

Data from Reuters and MarketWatch.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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