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

Most markets in Asia were closed but the Nikkei was off slightly.

The nikkei fell a fraction to 17,485. Canon was up .2% to 8440. Fuji Film was up 1.2% to 4990. Hitachi was down .8% to 930. Honda was down 1% to 4160. NEC was down .6% to 644. NTT was down .6% to 620000. Docomo was down 1.8% to 216000. Softbank was down 3% to 2895. Sony was up .3% to 5200. Toyota was down .5% to 7400.

The Shanghai Composite was up .1% to 3,324.

Data from Reuters

Douglas A. McIntyre