The Paris Bourse opened sharply lower
Posted by adminThe Paris Bourse reduced its decline in mid-day, but remains in the red (-0.62%). At 24:15 (10:15 GMT), the CAC 40 yielded 21.37 points 3434.24 points, in a transaction volume of 1.366 billion euros.
On Monday morning the Paris Stock Exchange opened down 1.73% to 3395.85 points and increased its losses to more than 2% in early trading. In the wake of Wall Street and Asian exchanges, the market suffered from disappointing employment figures released Friday and U.S. concerns about the deficits of European countries. The euro is found at 1.19 dollars, its lowest level in four years
The London Stock Exchange had also opened sharply lower Monday. The FTSE-100 index of major values yielded 71 points in early trade, or 1.39% from Friday's close at 5055 points. The Dax index featuring the Frankfurt Stock Exchange opened down 1.05% to 5876.48 points.In Milan, the FTSE Eb, was down over 2% in early Monday trade.
Athex index of the Athens Stock Exchange lost 3.29% to 1436.01 points on Monday to 0830 GMT, like other European markets.
The Nikkei index of Tokyo Stock Exchange backed off Monday from 3.84% Monday closed at 9,520.80 points, its lowest level in more than six months, including disappointing numbers victim of employment in the United States USA. After a session negative end to end, the Nikkei 225 index of blue chips ended on a loss of 380.39 points (-3.84%). This is its lowest closing level since Nov. 30, 2009.
Other awards in the region have also closed down. Sydney dropped 2.78%, shortly after 0600 GMT, Hong Kong abandoned 2.36%, 1.57% Seoul, Shanghai and Mumbai 1.35% 2.21%.