Markets in Asia rose.

The Nikkei was up .2% to 18,157. Canon (CAJ) rose 1.8% to 7300. Honda (HMC) rose 1.8% to 4550. Docomo (DCM) fell 1.1% to 181000.

The Hang Seng rose 1.1% to 23,268. China Mobile (CHL) rose 2.9% to 93.55. HSBC (HBC) fell .1% to 145.6.

The Shanghai Composite rose 3.7% to 4,059.

Data from Reuters

Douglas A. McIntyre