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Asian markets were mixed with the Nikkei rising.
The Nikkei was up 1.2% to 17,504. Bridgestone rose 1.6% to 2470. Canon rose 3.6% to 6390. Fuji Film rose 3.9% to 5350. Hitachi rose 1.2% to 824. Honda rose 3.2% to 4860. NEC rose 2% to 610, NTT rose 1.2% to 672000. Sharp rose .7% to 2130. Softbank fell .2% to 2815. Sony rose 2.6% to 5990. Toshiba rose 1.4% to 738. Toyota rose 1.1% to 3270. Yahoo Japan fell .2% to 43600.
The Hang Seng fell .3% to 20,678. Cathay Pacific fell .6% to 21.6. China Mobile fell .8% to 75.4. China Netcom fell .8% to 19.66. China Unicom rose 2.3% to 10.7. HSBC fell .3% to 140.2. PCCW fell .6% to 4.66.
The KOSPI was up .3% to 1,428.
The Straits Times was up .1% to 3,221.
The Shanghai Composite was down .3% to 2,730.
Data from Reuters.
Douglas A. McIntyre