Asia Markets 7/15/2008 (LFC)(SNP)

Posted: July 15, 2008 at 2:33 am

Markets in Asia were sharply lower.

The Nikkei fell 2% to 12,755. Sony (SNE) fell 1.4% to 4260. Toyoa (TM) fell 2.5% to 4680.

The Hang Seng was down 3.9% to 21,157. China Life (LFC) fell 6.1% to 26.75. China Petroleum (SNP) dropped 4.5% to 6.96.

The Shanghai Composite moved down 3.4% to 2,779.

Data from Reuters

Douglas A. McIntyre

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