Stocks: (CAJ)(FUJ)(HIT)(HMC)(NIPNY)(NTT)(DCM)(SNE)(TM)(CHL)(CHU)(CN)(PCW)(HBC)
Markets in Asia were mixed with the Hang Seng down.
The Nikkei was off .5% to 16,765. Bridgestone was down 1.7% to 2405. Canon was down 2.4% to 6070. Fuji Film was off 2.1% to 4650. Hitachi was down 1.9% to 794. Honda was off .7% to 4220. NEC was down 1.2% to 692. NTT was down 1% to 596000. Docomo was up .5% TO 206000. Sharp was down .2% to 2130. Softbank was down .6% to 2695. Sony was down 1.2% to 5820. Toshiba was down 1.4% to 714. Toyota was up .3% to 7740. Yahoo Japan was down .2% to 41650.
The Hang Seng fell .7% to 18,919. Cathay Pacific was up 1.8% to 19.2. China Mobile was down 2.5% to 67. China Netcom was down 1.6% to 16.82. China Unicom was up 1% to 9.33. HSBC was down .7% to 135.6. PCCW was down .2% to 4.63.
The KOSPI was up .6% to 1,411.
The Straits Times was up .8% to 3,059.
The Shanghai Composite was up 1.9% to 2,897.
Data from Reuters
Douglas A. McIntyre