Most markets in Asia rose.

The Nikkei was up .6% to 10,055. Honda (NYSE:HMC) gained.

The Hang Seng was up 1.5% to 21,603. HSBC (NYSE:HBC) was up.

The Shanghai Composite was higher by 1.4% to 2,936.

At the open in Europe, the FTSE wsa down .1% to 5,206. The Dax dropped .4% to 5,762. The CAC 40 was off .3%.

Data from Reuters and MarketWatch

Douglas A. McIntyre