Investing

Asia Markets And Europe Open (1/12/2010)

Markets in Asia were mixed.

The Nikkei rose .8% to 10,879. JAL fell 45%.

The Hang Seng fell .5% to 22,287.

The Shanghai Composite rose 1.9% to 3,274.

At the open in Europe, the FTSE was flat at 5,637. The Dax fell .1% to 6,039. The CAC 40 was flat at 4,014. Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) dropped after rejecting Kraft’s (NYSE:KFT) offer.

Data from Reuters and MarketWatch.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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