Stocks: (CAJ)(FUJ)(HIT)(HMC)(NIPNY)(NTT)(DCM)(SNE)(TM)(CHL)(CN)(CHU)(PCW)(HBC)
Markets in Asia were off sharply.
The Nikkei fell 2.9% to 16,677. Bridgestone fell 2.5% to 2305. Canon was off 2.7% to 6140. Fuji Film was was down 2.9% to 4619. Hitachi was down 2.4% to 813. Honda was down 3.5% to 4110. NEC was down 2.9% to 593. NTT was down 3.6% to 583000. Docomo was off 3.3% to 204000. Sharp was off 2.5% to 2185. Softbank was down 5.6% to 2785. Sony was down 4.1% to 5860. Toshiba was down 3.9% to 732. Toyota was off 3.2% to 7540. Yahoo Japan was off 2.1% to 39650.
The Hang Seng fell 2.8% to 18,789. Cathay Pacific was down 2.5% to 19.16. China Mobile was down 2.3% to 67.15. China Netcom was off 4.2% to 16.84. China Unicom was down 4.1% to 9.23. HSBC was down 1.5% to 135.1. PCCW was down 1.7% to 4.61.
The KOSPI was off 2% to 1,407.
The Straits Times was down 3.3% to 3,055.
The Shanghai Composite was down 2% to 2,906.
Data from Reuters.
Douglas A. McIntyre