Markets in Asia were mixed.

The Nikkei fell .5% to 15,271. Hitachi (HIT) fell 1.4% to 754. Honda (HMC) fell 1.4% to 3610. NTT (NTT) fell 1.4% to 479000. Sony (SNE) rose 3.3% to 5940.

The Hang Seng rose .6% to 27,371. China Netcom (CN) rose 6.3% to 22.85. HSBC (HBC) fell 1% to 129.6.

The Shanghai Composite fell 1.2% to 4,803.

Data from Reuters

Douglas A. McIntyre