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Asia Market And Europe Open 8/12/2009

chinaMarkets in Asia were sharply lower.

The Nikkei dropped 1.4% to 10,435. Sony (SNE) and Honda (HMC) both declisned.

The Hang Seng was down 2.7% to 20,515. HSBC (HBC) and China Mobile (CHL) both fell over 3%.

The Shanghai Composite was down 4.7% to 3,113.

At the open in Europe, the FTSE was down .2% to 4,664. BHP Billiton (BHP( advnaced The Dax rose .2% to 5,295. The CAC 40 rose .1% to 3,495

Data from Reuters and MarketWatch.

Douglas A. McIntyre

 

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