International markets, Japan rallies 14%

Posted Oct 14th 2008 3:52AM by Douglas McIntyre

In an effort to make the US rally seem modest, the Japanese Nikkei rose 14.3% overnight. Some large exporters were up 17% or more.

In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng was up 4.4%

As Europe opened, the German DAX rose 3.5%. The FTSE rose 1.9% and the French CAC40 was up 2.1%

Douglas A. McIntyre is an editor at 247wallst.com.

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