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Asia markets were mixed with the Hang Seng down sharply.
The Nikkei rose .2% to 18,216. Bridgestone was down 2% to 2505. Canon was down .5% to 6630. Fuji Film was up .8% to 5370. Hitachi was down .5% to 843. Honda was up 1.1% to 4660. NEC was up 2.2% to 653. NTT was down 1.4% to 633000. Docomo was up .9% to 221000. Sharp was down 1.3% to 2290. Softbank was up 3.7% to 3050. Sony was up .6% to 6390. Toshiba was up .8% to 760. Toyota was up .7% to 8290. Yahoo Japan was up .2% to 46600.
The Hang Seng fell 1% to 20,508. Cathay Pacific was down 2.6% to 20.65. China Mobile was down 2.6% to 77.15. China Netcom was down 1.1% to 19.42. China Unicom was down .8% to 10.3. HSBC was flat at 138.2. PCCW was down .4% to 4.71.
The KOSPI was up a fraction at 1470.
The Straits Times was down .2% to 3,305.
The Shanghai Composite was up 1.4% to 3,041.
Data from Reuters
Douglas A. McInytyre