Markets in Asia were higher.
The Nikkei was up 1.7% to 15,874. Hitachi (HIT) was up 5.5% to 827. Honda (HMC) was up 2.4% to 3820. Yahoo Japan was down 2.5% to 53600.
The Hang Seng rose .7% to 29,559. China Petroleum (SNP) was up 3.8% to 12.62. China Netcom (CN) fell 2% to 24.6.
The Shanghai Composite fell .2% to 5,035.
Data from Reuters.
Douglas A. McIntrye
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