Markets in Asia were mostly down.

The Nikkei fell 1.1% to 18,016. Hitachi (HIT) fell 1.4% to 861. NTT (NTT) rose .6% to 543000. Toyota (TM) fell 1.3% to 7460.

The Hang Seng fell 1.1% to 22,816. China Netcom (CN) fell 2.8% to 20.7. China Petroleum (SNP) fell 4% to 8.39.

The Shanghai Composite was up .9% to 3,930.

Data from Reuters

Douglas A. McIntyre