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Markets in Asia were mixed.

The Nikkei rose 1% to 15,885. Bridgestone was up 1.7% to 2440. Canon was down .7% to 5990. Daiwa Securities was up 1% to 1219. Fuji Film was up .7% to 4500 Hitachi was up .3% to 670. Honda was down .5% to 4040. Japan Airlines was up .9% to 217. NEC was up .5% to 550. NTT was 2.3% to 578000. Sharp was down 2.1% to 1905. Softbank was up 2.7% to 2315. Sony was down .7% to 4570. Tohiba was up 1% to 722. Toyota was up .3% to 6880  Yahoo Japan was up 1.7% to 43650.

The Hang Seng was down .3% to 19,205. Cathay Pacific was down 1.5% to 18.66. China Mobile was down .7% to 67.3. China Unicom was up 1.5% to 9.25. HSBC was down .5% to 145.4. PCCW was flat at 5.18.

The KOSPI was up .2% to 1,425.

The Straits Times was up .9% to 2,840

The Shanghai Composite was down .2% to 2,047.

Data from Reuters.

Douglas A. McIntyre