Most markets in Asia fell.

The Nikkei was off 2% to 15,802. KDDI was down 3% to 855000. NEC (NIPNY) was down 3.4% to 535. Yahoo Japan was down 3.6% to 39300.

The Hang Seng fell .5% to 24,478. China Petroleum (SNP) was down 2.3% to 8.08. China Unicom (CHU) was down 2.9% to 19.34.

The Shanghai Composite rose .1% to 5,425

Data from Reuters.

Douglas A. McIntyre