Markets in Ais fell.

The Nikkei was down 1.7% to 16,013. Sony (SNE) was down 2.8% to 5230. Toyota (TM) was down 2% to 6530.

The Hang Seng fell 2% to 22,890. China Life was off 4% to 25.85. HSBC (HBC) was down 1.5% to 137.7.

The Shanghai Composite fell 1.6% to 5,109.

Data from Reuters

Douglas A. McIntyre