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Asia Markets And Europe Open 8/20/2009

chinaMarkets in Asia rose.

The Nikkei was up 1.8% to 10,383.

The Hang Seng was up 2.3% to 20,407. PetroChina (PTR) was up sharply.

The Shanghai Composite rocketed up 4.5% to 2,912.

At the open in Europe, the FTSE rose 1% to 4,736. BP (BP) was up as energy prices rose. Rio Tinto (RTP) and BHP Billilton (BHP) were also higher. The Dax rose 1.1% to 5,289. The CAC 40 was higher by 1.3% to 3,495.

Data from MarketWatch and Reuters.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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