Stocks: (CAJ)(FUJ)(HIT)(HMC)(NIPNY)(NTT)(SNE)(TM)(CHL)(CHU)(PCW)(HBC)
Markets in Asia were mixed with the Nikkei off sharply.
The Nikkei was down 1.5% to 17,092. Bridgestone was down 2.5% to 2580. Canon was down 2.1% to 6530. Fujit Film was down 1.9% to 4760. Hitachi was up 1% to 795. Honda was down 3% to 4600. Japan Airlines was up 2.4% to 217. NEC was down 2% to 576. NTT was down .3% to 607000. Sharp was down 2.2% to 2020. Softbank was up 2% to 2490. Sony was up .4% to 5210. Toyota was down 2.3% to 7900.
The Hang Seng was up .9% to 20,211. Cathay Pacific was down .2% to 18.78. China Mobile was p 1.8% to 69.4. China Unicom was up 1.6% to 11.78. HSBC was down .3% to 143.4. PCCW was up .8% to 4.84.
The KOSPI was down .8% to 1,386.
The Straits Times was up .2% to 3,029.
The Shanghai Composite was down 2.7% to 2,841.
Data from Reuters
Douglas A. McIntyre