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Markets in Asia were higher.
The Nikkei rose .9% to 17,163. Bridgestone was up 2.2% to 2375. Canon was down .2% to 6430. Fuji Film was up .8% to 4800. Hitachi was down 1.3% to 853. Honda was up .7% to 4160. NEC was up .5% to 615. NTT was down .7% to 600000. Docomo was up .5% to 213000. Sharp was up 1.1% to 2255. Softbank was flat at 3080. Sony was down .9% to 6090. Toshiba was down .6% to 787. Toyota was up .9% to 7740. Yahoo Japan was up 3% to 40650.
The Hang Seng rose .7% to 19,381. Cathay Pacific was up 1.6% to 19.44. China Mobile was up 1.2% to 37.05. China Netcom was down .3% to 17.36. China Unicom was up 3% to 9.81. HSBC was up .1% to 134.9. PCCW was down .2% to 4.65.
The KOPSI was up .1% to 1,444.
The Straits Times was up .4% to 3,126.
The Shanghai Composite was up .6% to 3,032.
Data from Reuters
Douglas A. McIntyre