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In Europe, shares opened sharply lower but recovered some ground as the day wore on. Germany's DAX was down 0.8 percent at 6,506, while the CAC-40 in France fell 0.3 percent at 3,153. The FTSE 100 of leading British shares was closed for a public holiday. Greek shares suffered worse, trading 8.2 percent lower at one stage before recouping some ground alongside other European markets, to be trading 6 percent lower. In the currency markets, the euro also recovered some of its poise after falling to a three-month low against the dollar during Asian trading hours. It was up 0.5 percent at $1.3032, having earlier fallen to a low of $1.2972. Wall Street was also poised to open lower with Dow futures and the S&P 500 futures both 0.5 percent lower. Earlier in Asia, Japan's Nikkei 225 index plunged 2.8 percent to close at 9,119.14
-- its lowest finish in three months -- with the market's export sector also sapped by a rising yen. Hong Kong's Hang Seng slid 2.6 percent to 20,536.59. In other Asia markets, Australia's S&P/ASX 200 lost 2.2 percent to 4,301.30 and South Korea's Kospi shed 1.6 percent to 1,956.44. Oil prices fell alongside equities, with the benchmark New York rate down 65 cents at $97.84 a barrel.
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