Asia Markets And Europe Open 11/11/2008

November 11, 2008 by Douglas A. McIntyre

JapMarkets in Asia were lower.

The Nikkei fell 3% to 8,809. Canon fell on bad economic news from the US.

The Hang Seng fell 4.8% to 14,042. HSBC (HBC) dropped almost 4%.

The Shanghai Composite fell 1.7% to 1,844.

In Europe, the FTSE opened down 1.4% to 4,344, The Dax was off .9% to 4,978. The CAC 40 fell 1.8% to 3,443.

Data from Reuters.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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