Market is Asia were down sharply.

The Nikkei fell 3.3% to 12,783. Honda (HMC) was down 4.2% to 2990. Sony (SNE) was down 5.1% to 4610.

The Hang Seng was off 3.5% to 22,518. China Mobile (CHL) was down 4.1% to 110.2. PetroChina (PTR) was off 4.7% to 10.52.

The Shanghai Composite fell 1.4% to 4,310.

Data from Reuters

Douglas A. McIntyre