Asia Markets And Europe Open 2/6/2009

February 6, 2009 by Douglas A. McIntyre

ChinaMarkets in Asia were narrowly mixed.

The Nikkei fell 1.1% to 7,950.

The Hang Seng rose .9% to 13,178.

The Shanghai Composite fell .5% to 2,098.

At the open in Europe, the FTSE was up ,2%, The Dax rose ,4% to 4,429. The CAC 40 was up .6% to 3,083.

Data from Reuters and Marketwatch.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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