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Asian markets were mixed with the Hang Seng down.

The Nikkei was up .3% to 16,683. Canon was up 1.1% to 6540. Daiwa Secuties was down 1.8% to 1297. Fuji Film was up .6% to 4880. Hitachi was up 1.7% to 707. Honda was down .2% to 4190. NEC was up 1.1% to 660. NTT was up 1.7% to 600000. Sharp was down 1.4% to 2040. Softbank was up 1.6% to 2485, Sony was up 1.9% to 4880. Toyota was up 1% to 7300.

The Hang Seng was down 1% to 18,718. Cathay Pacific was down .8% to 18.68. China Mobile was down 2.8% to 61.15. China Unicom was down 4.1% to 9.3. HSBC was down .3% to 140.6. PCCW was flat at 4.8.

The KOSPI was up .5% to 1,383.

The Straits Times was down .3% to 2,884.

The Shanghai Composite was up .2% to 2,223.

Data from Reuters.

Douglas A. McIntyre