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Article: Europe down, Asia up ahead of more earns
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- July 23, 2009
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European stock markets fell modestly Thursday despite Asian gains earlier as investors pored over a raft of earnings across the continent and awaited another batch of U.S. results.
The FTSE index of leading British shares was down 7.76 points, or 0.2 percent, at 4,485.97 _ after eight days of gains, the longest since an 11-day advance in December 2003 _ while Germany's DAX fell 6.57 points, or 0.1 percent, at 5,114.99. The CAC-40 in France was 13.35 points, or 0.4 percent, lower at 3,291.72. All three indexes are trading above where they started 2009 and near their highs for the year.
Earlier in Asia, the recent rally continued with Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average closing up 69.78 points, or ...