Markets in Asia were  mixed.

The Nikkei fell 1.2% to 15,583. Hitachi (HIT) was down 3.7% to 730. Mitsubishi Chemcial was off 5.1% to 858. Yahoo Japan was off 3.2% to 46550.

The Hang Seng was up .1% to 28,783. China Netcom (CN) was down 2.5% to 21.4. China Petroleum (SNP) was up 5% to 10.94.

The Shanghai Composite was down .3% to 5,316.

Data from Reuters

Douglas A. McIntyre