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Asia Markets And Europe Open (1/22/2010) Sell Off

Markets is Asia were lower

The Nikkei fell 2.6% to 10,591.

The Hang Seng was down .9% to 30,678. HBC (NYSE:HBC) fell sharply.

The Shanghai Composite dropped 1% to 3,129.

At the open in Europe, the FTSE dropped .4% to 5,313. Barclays (NYSE:BCS) and Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB) sold off. The Dax dropped .5% to 5,718. The CAC 40 was lower by .7% to 3,837.

Data from MarketWatch and Reuters.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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