Asia Markets And Europe Open 12/11/2008

December 11, 2008 by Douglas A. McIntyre

Brit_2Markets in Asis were mixed.

The Nikkei rose .7% to 8,720. Honda (HMC) moved up on hopes of a US car company bailout.

The Hang Seng dropped .3% to 15,534.

The Shanghai Composite was ooff 2.3% to 2,032.

In Europe, the FTSE was down .5% to 4,346. The Dax was off .6% to 4,778. The CAC 40 was down .3% to 3,307.

Data from Reuters.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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