Asis Markets 10/30/2008 Big Rally (PTR)

JapMarket in Asia rose sharply.

The Nikkei was up 10% to 9,030. Kyocera and Mitsubishi Corp rose sharply.

The Hang Seng rose 10.3% to 14,005. CNOOC rose by double digits as did PetroChina (PTR).

The Shainghia Composite was up 2.6% to 1,764.

Data from Reuters

Douglas A. McIntyre

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