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Asian markets were sharply higher.
The Nikkei was up 1.2% to 16,274. Bridgestone rose 1.8% to 2535. Canon was up .7% to 6120. Daiwa Securities was up 3% to 1327. Fuji Film was up .7% to 4610. Hitachi was up 1.2% to 688. Honda was up 2.2% to 4100. NEC was up 1.3% to 553. NTT was up 1% to 586000. Sharp was up .5% to 1949. Softbank was up 1% to 2425. Sony was up .2% to 4580. Toshiba was .5% to 741. Toyota was up 1.3% to 7020. Yahoo Japan was 2% to 45600.
The Hang Seng was up 1% to 18,960. Cathay Pacific was up 1.6% to 18.5. China Mobile was up 1.7% to 65.4. China Unicom was up .3% to 8.96. HSBC was up .5% to 144.5. PCCW was flat at 5.05.
The KOSPI was up .7% to 1,432.
The Straits Times was.4% to 2,839.
The Shanghai Composite was up 2.2% to 2,099.
Data from Reuters
Douglas A. McIntyre