Stocks: (CAJ)(FUJ)(HIT)(HMC)(NIPNY)(NTT)(DCM)(SNE)(TM)(CHL)(CHU)(CN)(PCW)(HBC)
Markets in Asia were mixed
The Nikkei dropped 1.4% to 17,218. Bridgestone was down 2% to 2430. Canon was down 2.2% to 6260. Fuji Film was down 4.8% to 4790. Hitachi was down 2% to 820. Honda was down 1.4% to 4270. NEC was down 1.1% to 620. NTT was down 3.4% to 602000. Docomo was down 2.8% to 209000. Sharp was down 2% to 2165. Softbank was down 1.3% to 2740. Sony was down 5.5% to 5830. Toshiba was down 1.6% to 727. Toyota was down 3.9% to 7710. Yahoo Japan was down .5% to 43600.
The Hang Seng was up .5% to 19,442. Cathay Pacific was down .4% to 19.3. China Mobile was up .5% to 71.6. China Netcom was up 1.7% to 18.14. China Unicom was up 1.5% to 9.85. HSBC was up .1% to 136.4. PCCW was up 1.7% to 4.69.
The KOSPI was down .2% to 1,414.
The Straits Times was down .6% to 3,076.
The Shanghai Composite was up 1.2% to 2,832.
Data from Reuters
Douglas A. McIntyre