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Asia Markets And Europe Open (1/4/10)

Markets in Asia were narrowly mixed.

The Nikkei rose 1.1% to 10,865. JAL rose on news of government financial support.

The Hang Seng fell .2% to 21,823.

The Shanghai Composite dropped 1% to 3,244.

At the open in Europe, the FTSE was up .4% to 5,437. The Dax rose .9% to 6,009. The CAC 40 was up .9% to 3,970 Novartis (NYSE:NVS) was active on news that it would buy the part of Alcon (NYSE:ACL) that it does not currently own.

Douglas A. McIntyre

 

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