Most markets in Asia rose modestly.

Te Nikkei was up .6% to 13,861. KDDI was off 4.2% to 793000. Docomo (DCM) was off 2.6% to 173000. Softbank was up 3.4% to 2105.

The Hang Seng rose .4% to 25,202. China Life (LFC) rose 2.3% to 36.3. China Netcom (CN) rose 2.6% to 25.7.

The Shanghai Composite moved up .6% to 5,181.

Data from Reuters

Douglas A. McIntyre