Markets in Asia were mixed.

The Nikkei rose .5% to 16,738. Hitachi (HIT) was up 3.4% to 781. Honda (HMC) was up 3.4% to 4200. NEC (NIPNY) was up 2.4% to 570.

The Hang Seng fell .7% to 31,421. China Netcom (CN) was down 2.7% to 23.25. CNOOC was down 4.3% to 10.2.

The Shanghai Composite was up 1% to 5,955.

Data from Reuters

Douglas A. McIntyre