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Asia markets were off.

The Nikkei fell .3% to 16,418. Bridgestone was down 1.7% to 2580.Canon was up 1.4% to 6430. Daiwas Securities was down 1.3% to 1317. Fuji Film was up .7% to 4750. Hitachi was up 1.2% to 698. Honda was up .2% to 4070. Japan Tobacco was up 4% to 550000 NEC was down 1.6% to 556. NTT was down .3% to 582000. Sharp was down 1.5% to 1979. Softbank was down 1.4% to 2440. Sony was up .2% to 4620. Toshiba was down .7% to 744. Toyota was up .1% to 7040. Yahoo Japan was dwon 1.2% to 46800

The Hang Seng was down .6% to 18,740. Cathay Pacific was down .2% to 18.66. China Mobile was down 1.8% to 61.8. China Netcom was down 2.5% to 16.7. HSBC was down 1.% to 140.9 PCCW was down .2% to 4.81.

The KOSPI was down 1.4% to 1,380.

The Straits Times was down 1.3% to 2,865.

The Shanghai Composite was down 2.9% to 2,094.

Data from Reuters

Douglas A. McIntyre