Asia Markets And Europe Open (2/4/2010)

February 4, 2010 by Douglas A. McIntyre

Markets in Asia fell.

The Nikkei was off .5% to 10,356. Toyota (NYSE:TM) fell and Honda (NYSE:SNE) gained. Sony (NYSE:SNE) announced a profit.

The Hang Seng was off 1.8% to 20,342.

The Shanghai Composite was down .3% to 2,995.

At the open in Europe, the FTSE dropped .3% to 5,239. Vodafone (NYSE:VOD) rose and Shell (NYSE:RDS.A) fell. The Dax was up .1% to 5,675 and the CAC 40 lost .1% to 3,788.

Data from MarketWatch and Reuters.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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