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Markets in Asia were up sharply.
The Nikkei jumped .8% to 17,519. Bridgestone was down .6% to 2605. Canon was flat at 6350. Fuji Film was up .4% to 5000. Hitachi was up 1% to 818. Honda was down .8% to 4710. NEC was down .8% to 605. NTT was up 3.2% to 621000. Docomo was up 2.2% to 188000 Sharp was up 1.5% to 2085. Softbank was up 4.1% to 2,940. Sony was up 2% to 5660. Toshiba was up .3% to 772. Toyota was up .5% to 7990. Yahoo Japan was down 2% to 44300.
The Hang Seng was up 1.6% to 20,430. Cathay Pacific was up 4% to 20.9. China Mobile was up 2.7% to 73.55. China Netcom was up 3.3% to 20.1. China Unicom was up 2.9% to 10.78. HSBC was up .8% to 143.4. PCCW was up .9% to 4.72.
The KOSPI was up 1.7% to 1,383.
The Straits Times was up 1.6% to 3,174.
The Shanghai Composite down a fraction at 2,785.
Data from Reuters
Douglas A. Mcintyre