Asia Markets 4/2/2008 Big Rally (HMC)(SNE)(LFC)(CHL)

Markets in Asia rallied.

The Nikkei was up 4.2% to 13,189. Honda (HMC) rose 7.3% to 3110. NEC rose 5.7% to 405. Sony (SNE) rose 5.9% to 4300.

The Hang Seng rose 3.6% to 23,595. China Life (LFC) rose 5.2% to 26.6. China Mobile (CHL) rose 4.2% to 122.6. China Petroleum (SNP) rose 5.5% to 7.26.

The Shanghai Composite rose .6% to 3,448.

Data from Reuters

Douglas A. McIntrye

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