Market in Asia were mixed.
The Nikkei rose .8% to 9,723. Shares in Sony (SNE) dropped slightly.
The Hang Seng was down .5% to 19,406. China Mobile (CHL) and China Unicom (CHU) dropped.
The Shanghai Composite rose 2.7% to 3,297.
At the open in Europe, the FTSE was up .2% to 4,490. The Dax rose .1% to 5,101. The CAC 40 was up .2% to 3,303. BHP Billiton (BHP) iron-output was short of estimate.
Data from Reuters and MarketWatch.
Douglas A. McIntyre
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