Asia Markets 9/22/2008 Nomura, CNOOC

ChinaMarkets in Asia were higher with the Shanghai Composite up 7.7%.

The Nikkei rose 1.4% to 12,091. Nomura Holdings was up as much as 9%. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group was up more than 4%.

The Hang Seng rose 1.1% to 19,537. Oil producer CNOOC as the price of oil spiked up.

Data from Reuters.

Douglas A. McIntyre