Markets in Asia rose

The Nikkei was up .1% to 17,529. Canon (CAJ) was up 1.5% to 6970. Hitachi (HIT) was up 2% to 897. NEC (NIPNY) was down 2.3% to 605. NTT (NTT) was down .7% to 581000. Sony (SNE) was up 1.3% to 6460. Toyota (TM) was up .4% to 7360.

The Hang Seng rose .3% to 20,940. China Unicom (CHU) was up 1.9% to 11.88. HSBC (HBC) was down .8% to 145.1. China Petroleum (SNP) was up 2% to 8.16.

Data from Reuters.

Douglas A. McIntyre