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Asia Markets And Europe Open (10/20/2009)

chinaMarkets in Asia were higher.

The Nikkei rose 1% to 10,337.

The Hang Seng was up 1% to 22,531. PetroChina (NYSE:PTR) rose.

The Shanghai Composite was up by 1.5% to 3,084.

At the open in Europe, the FTSE was down .1% to 5,277. A large investor will sell a stake in Barclays (NYSE:BCS). The Dax was up .2% to 5,863, and the CAC 40 was higher by .1% to 3,895.

Data from Reuters and MarketWatch.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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