Markets in Europe were lower at 6.00 AM New York time.
The FTSE fell .7% to 6,432. Barclays (BCS) was down 1.8% to 719.5. BP (BP) was .1% to 758. BT (BT) was down 1% to 311. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) was up .5% to 1473. Reuters (RTRSY) was down 1.1% to 483.5. Vodafone (VOD) was down 1.5% to 140.5.
The DAXX was down .7% to 7,264. DaimlerChrysler (DCX) was down .3% to 59.09. DeutscheBank (DB) was down .9% to 112.13. Deutsche Telekom (DT) was .7% to 13.14. Siemens (SI) was down 1.9% to 90.17.
The CAC 40 was off .5% to 5,889. Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) was down 1.4% to 9.17. AXA (AXA) was down .6% to 33.27. France Telecom (FTE) was down .6% to 20.87. ST Micro (STM)was up 1.4% to 14.98.
Data from Reuters
Douglas A. McIntyre