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Asia Markets And Europe Open 10/7/2009

chinaMarkets in Asia were higher.

The Nikkei rose 1.1% to 9,800.

The Hang Seng was up up 2.5% t0 21,325.

Shanghai was closed for a holiday.

At the open in Europe, the FTSE was down .5% to 5,112. BP (NYSE:BP) and Barclay (NYSE:BCS) both fell. The Dax dropped .5% to 5,627. The CAC 40 dropped .5% to 3,753.

Data from MarketWatch and Reuters.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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