Asia Markets 10/3/2008 (TM)(PTR)

Posted: October 3, 2008 at 2:22 am

JapMarkets in Asia were sharply lower and Shanghai was closed.

The Nikkei fell 1.9% to 10,938. According to Reuters, Toyota (TM) hit a three-year low and Nissan hit a seven-year low. Kyocera was off over 3%. Canon was down almost 5%.

The Hang Seng dropped 2.4% to 17.767. Petrochina (PTR) fell over 4% and CNOOC was off nearly as much.

Data from Reuters.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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