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Markets in Asia were mixed.

The Nikkei rose .1% to 17,288. Canon dropped .8% to 6330. Fuji Filmdropped 1.2% to 4820. Hitachi dropped 2% to 914. Honda rose 1% to 4110.NEC rose 1.6% to 632. NTT rose 2.1% to 623000. Docomo rose.9% to218000. Sony rose .2% to 5990. Toyota dropped .9% to 7550.

The Hang Seng dropped .1% to 19,802. Cathay Pacific fell 1% to 19.7.China Mobile dropped .8% to 70.55. HSBC was flat at 136. PCCW was down.2% to 4.69.

The KOSPI rose .1% to 1,453.

The Straits Times rose .5% to 3,243.

The Shanghai Composite dropped .4% to 3,124.

Data from Reuters

Douglas A. McIntyre