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Asia Markets 10/9/2008 (PTR)(SNE)

ChinaMarkets in Asia were mixed.

The Nikkei fell .5% to 9,157. Sony (SNE) and Canon were both up over 4%.

The Hang Seng rose 2% to 15,741. China Overseas Land Investment was up over 5%. PetroChina (PTR) was up over 4%.

The Shanghai Composite fell .8% to 2,075.

In Europe, the FTSE, DAX, and CAC 40 all opened higher by over 1%.

Data from Reuters.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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