Updated: Aug 24, 2010 6:45 AM EDT
Europe
European markets are all lower with all industry groups in the red. Construction stocks fall the most after CRH says earning will probably decline 10% this year and expectations of weak housing data from the US this afternoon hit building materials and US-exposed companies. It’s not helping that BOE policy maker Martin Weale said that the UK faces a real risk of second recession.
FTSE 100 -1.08%
CAC 40 -1.32%
DAX -.90%
