Markets in Asia were down.

The Nikkei fell .7% to 15,032. Canon fell 2.4% to 5690. Docomo (DCM) fell 1.7% to 177000. Yahoo Japan rose 2.5% to 53200.

The Hang Seng fell 2.4% to 28,521. China Petroleum (SNP) fell 3.4% to 12.1. China Unicom (CHU) fell 3.4% to 15.84.

The Shanghai Composite was down 1.5% to 5,096.

Data frome Reuters.

Douglas A. McIntyre