Oil and mining stocks are lower in line with
weaker commodity prices amid fears over global recession -- Anglo
American, BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Xstrata are all lower. Elsewhere,
Vodafone is up after it announced 1H EBITDA of stg7.24bln, more or less
in line with forecasts, but have lowered FY revenue forecasts to
stg38.8-39.7bln. FY profit forecast of stg11-11.5bln remains intact.
CAC-40 is down 58pts (-1.66%), Xetra-DAX is down 84pts (-1.66%) and
FTSE1-100 is down 49pts (-1.11%).