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Asia Down, Europe Opens Flat

Asia shares sold off after news of weak retail sales and poor industrial output. Output in November was down 2.6%. November retail sales fell 2.6%

The Nikkei was down .2% to 8,424. The Hang Seng dropped .59% to 18,519.

At the open in Europe, the FTSE 100 was down .11% to 5,506. The DAX 30 fell .51% to 5,860

 

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