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Asia markets rallied

The Nikkei was up .9% to 17,210. Bridgestone was down 1.1% to 2590. Canon was down .9% to 6480. Fuji Film was up 1.1% to 4770. Hitatch was up 1% to 798. Honda was up 1.7% to 4690. NEC was up .7% to 609. NTT was flat at 612000. Softbank was down .8% to 2440. Sony was up 2.5% to 5700. Toshiba was up 1.1% to 828. Toyota was up 1.5% to 7840. Yahoo Japan was down 1% to 46150.

The Hang Seng was up 2.3% to 20,069. Cathay Pacific was up 2.7% to 20.85. China Mobile was up 3.6% to 68.35. China Unicom was up 6% to 10.68. HSBC was up .5% to 140.1. PCCW was flat at 40.75.

The KOSPI was up .2% to 1,391.

The Straits Times was up .9% to 3,036.

The Shanghai Composite was up 4.7% to 2,795.

Data from Reuters.

Douglas A. McIntyre