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Markets in Asia were higher
The Nikkei rose .7% to 17,424. Bridgestone rose 1.9% to 2665. Canon rose .2% to 6450. Fuji Film rose .2% to 4730. Hitachi rose 3.5% to 822. Honda fell .8% to 4770. NEC rose .7% to 608. NTT rose .7% to 618000. Docomo rose .6% to 189000. Sharp rose .8% to 2006. Softbank fell 2.1% to 2555. Sony rose .9% to 5710. Toshiba rose 1% to 808. Toyota rose .1% to 7990. Yahoo Japan fell .8% to 48500.
The Hang Seng rose 2.2% to 20,772. Cathay Pacific rose .8% to 21.6. China Mobile rose 4.3% to 73.85. China Netcom rose 5.3% to 19.3. China Unicom rose 2.6% to 10.32. HSBC rose 1.7% to 145.4. PCCW rose .2% to 4.71.
The KOSPI rose .2% to 1,363.
The Straits Times rose 2.4% to 3,145.
The Shanghai Composite rose 3.6% to 2,933.
Data from Reuters
Douglas A. McIntyre