Shares in Asia fell sharply.

The Nikkei fell 1.5% to 16,269. Honda (HMC) rose 1.4% to 4270. KDDI fell 2.8% to 799000. Softbank fell 5.1% to 2675. Yahoo Japan fell 5.6% to 50500.

The Hang Seng fell 5% to 28,942. China Life (LFC) fell 4.8% to 47.8. China Mobile (CHL) fell 7% to 141.6. China Petroleum (SNP) fell 10.2% to 11.04. China Unicom (CHU) fell 8.3% to 16.12.

The Shanghan Composite fell 2.5% to 5,634.

Data from Reuters

Douglas A. McIntyre