Asia Market and Europe Open 11/19/2008 (BCS)

November 19, 2008 by Douglas A. McIntyre

BritMarkets in Asia were mostly lower.

The Nikkei fell .7% to 8,273.Mitsubishi Corp fell sharply.

The Hang Seng was off ,4% to 12,859.

The Shanghai Composite was up 6.1% to 2,018.

At the open, the FTSE fell .6% to 4,185. Barclays (BCS) was down over 4% The Dax lost .3% to 4,563.

Data from Reuters.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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