Europe Markets 3/7/2008 (RTP) (SI) (AXA)

March 7, 2008 by Douglas A. McIntyre

Markets in Europe were down sharply at 6.40 AM New York time.

The FTSE fell 1.2% to 5,697. BHP Billiton (BHP) dropped 4.4% to 1606. Rio Tinto (RTP) fell 3.3% to 5613.

The DAXX sold off 1.2% to 6,512. Siemens (SI) was off 1.6% to 81.9. Thyssen Krup was down 3.5% to 36.8.

The CAC 40 dropped. 1.1% to 4,625. AXA (AXA) was down 2.7% to 20.55. Veolia Environnement was down 6.5% to 51.37.

Data from Reuters

Douglas A. McIntyre

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