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Markets in Asia were higher
The Nikkei rose 1% to 17,490. Bridgestone was flat at 2635. Canon was down 1.7% to 6390. Fuji Film was up 2.1% to 4790. Hitachi was down 1.2% to 802. Honda was up 1.5% to 4810. NEC was down 1.5% to 607. NTT was flat at 610000, Sharp was up .9% to 2015. Softbank was up 2.9% to 2815. Sony was down 1.7% to 5630. Toshiba was down .8% to 780. Toyota was up .5% to 8040. Yahoo Japan was down 1.4% to 45950.
The Hang Seng rose 1.1% to 20,460. Cathay Pacific rose .2% to 20.8. China Mobile rose 3.1% to 74. China Netcom rose 1.7% to 19.42. China Unicom fell .5% to 11. HSBC rose .4% to 143.3. PCCW was flat at 4.69.
The KOSPI was up .6% to 1,371.
The Straits Times was up .1% to 3,133.
The Shanghai Composite was down .5% to 2,931.
Data from Reuters
Douglas A. McIntyre