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Markets  is Asia posted modest gains.

The Nikkei was up .1% to 15,734. Bridgestone was down 1.3% to 2405. Canon was down .2% to 6110. Daiwa Securities was down .1% to 1222. Fuji Film was up .4% to 4560. Hitachi was down .3% to 684. Honda was was up .5% to 4120. NEC was up 1.2% to 590. NTT was up .4% to 565000. Sharp was down .3% to 1994. Sony was was flat at 4730. Softbank was down .9% to 2140. Toshiba was up .8% to 715. Toyota was down .1% to 6950. Yahoo Japan was up 2.9% to 41200.

The Hang Seng was up .3% to 19,008. Cathay Pacific was up .1% to 18.4. China Mobile was down .2% to 66.65. China Netcom was down 2.5% to 14.84. HSBC was up .5% to 146.6. PCCW was up .2% to 5.1.

The KOSPI was up .3% to 1,406.

The Straits Times was up 1.1% to 2,803.

The Shanghai Composite was up 1% to 2,038.

Data from Reuters.

Douglas A. McIntyre