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Markets in Asia were higher.
The Nikkei rose .7% to 17,753. Bridgestone was up 4.2% to 2580. Canon was up .3% to 6300. Fuji Film was down .8% to 5250. Hitachi was up 1.2% to 829. Honda was down .2% to 4880. NEC was up 3.3% to 627. NTT was down 1.6% to 661000. Docomo was flat at 218000. Sharp was up 1.4% to 2155. Softbank was up .4% to 2830. Sony was up 3.8% to 6230. Toshiba was up 1.2% to 753. Toyota was up .1% to 8170. Yahoo Japan was down .7% to 43450.
The Hang Seng was up .4% to 20,210. Cathay Pacific was up .2% to 21.4. China Mobile was up .6% to 72.8. China Netcom was down .2% to 19. China Unicom was up .4% to 10.18. HSBC was up .2% to 139.5. PCCW was up .2% to 4.67.
The KOSPI was up 1.3% to 1,436.
The Straits Times was up 1.1% to 3,182.
The Shanghai Composite was up 2.7% to 2,905.
Data from Reuters
Douglas A. McIntyre