Markets in Asia fell.

The Nikkei was off .3% to 18,189. Hitachi (HIT) was down 1.6% to 900. NTT (NTT) was down 1.8% to 554000.

The Hang Seng fell .1% to 21,939. China Mobile (CHL) rose 2.1% to 84.1. China Petroleum (SNP) fell 1.5% to 9.04.

The Shanghai Composited dropped 3.3% to 4,091.

Data from Reuters

Douglas A. McIntyre