Markets in Asia were mixed.

The Nikkei fell .6% to 18,087. Hitachi (HIT) was down 1.1% to 890. Mitsubishi was down 2.3% to 3350. Sony (SNE) was down 1.4% to 6460.

The Hang Seng was down .2% to 21,947. China Petroleum (SNP) was down 1.9% to 8.88. China Unicom (CHU) was down 1.5% to 13.1.

The Shanghai Composite fell 3.2% to 3,959.

Data from Reuters.

Douglas A. McIntyre