Europe Markets 5/1/2008 (BHP)(VOD)(SI)(ALU)

May 1, 2008 by Douglas A. McIntyre

Markers in Europe were modestly higher at 6.30 AM New York time.

The FTSE rose .1% to 6,092. BHP Billiton (BHP) was up 2.8% to 1851. Vodafone (VOD) was off 1.5 to 157.9.

The DAXX was up .9% to 6,949. Lufthansa was down 6% to 16.87. Siemens (SI) was up 3% to 75.57.

The CAC rose .4% to 4,997. Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) was off 3.6% to 4.33. EADS was up 4.4% to 16.15.

Data from Reuters

Douglas A. McIntyre

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