Markets in Asia were mostly higher.

The Nikkei rose .2% to 15,821. Fujitsu fell 2.2% to 769. Toyota (TM) fell 1.1% to 6,380.Yahoo Japan fell 2.6% to 40900.

The Hang Seng rose .5% to 24,418. New World Development rose 2.4% to 21. Sino Land rose 4.4% to 20.7.

The Shanghai Composite rose 1.7% to 5,282.

Data from Reuters

Douglas A. McIntyre