Stocks: (CAJ)(FUJ)(HIT)(HMC)(NIPNY)(NTT)(DMC)(SNE)(TM)

Markets in Asia were mixed.

The Nikkei was down .3% to 17,544. Bridgestone was up .8% to 2540. Canon was down .2% to 6430. Fuji Film was down 2% to 4930. Hitachi was up 1.6% to 936 Honda was down 1.2% to 4200. NEC was down .3% to 659. NTT was down .6% to 624000. Docomo was down .9% to 220000. Sharp was up 1.3% to 2370. Softbank was down 1.2% to 2985. Sony was up .5% to 6180. Toshiba was up 1.3% to 847. Toyota was down 1.3% to 7440. Yahoo Japan was down 1.5% to 40650.

The Hang Seng was closed for Easter.

The KOSPI was down .1% to 1,482.

The Shanghai Composite was up .8% to 3,319.

Data from Reuters

Douglas A. McIntyre