Asia Markets And Europe Open 12/15/2008

December 15, 2008 by Douglas A. McIntyre

JapMarkets in Asia rose.

The Nikkei was up 5.2% to 8,665.

The Hang Seng rose 1.9% to 15,038.

The Shanghai Composite was up .5% to 1,964.

In Europe, the FTSE was up .9% to 4,321. The Dax rose 1.6% to 4,735 and the CAC 40 was up 1.7% to 3,269.

Data from Reuters.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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