Markets in Asia were mixed.

The Nikkei was down a fraction to 13,850. Nippong Steel was down 2.5% to 565. Sony (SNE) was down 1.4% to 5000.

The Hang Seng was off .7% to 22,587. China Petroleum (SNP) was down 3.2% to 7.64. CNOOC was up 3.3% to 13.34.

The Shanghai Composite rose 1.5% to 2,803.

Data from Reuters

Douglas A. McIntyre