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November 19th, 2008
Posted: 03:45 AM ET
(CNN) — European markets slipped lower in early trading on Wednesday, following Asia’s lead, but ignoring modest gains on Wall Street. London, Paris and Frankfurt were all down less than 1 percent, while Asian and Pacific markets were mixed but mostly lower. Japan’s Nikkei index finished the day down 0.66 percent and Australia’s All Ordinaries index each fell 0.85 percentage points. In Seoul, the KOSPI index slipped 1.9 percent. In China, the Shanghai composite showed a solid gain, picking up 6.1 percent, while the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong was down about three-quarters of a percent. |
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