Markets in Asia rose.
The Nikkei was up .7% to 9,790. Mitsubishi UFJ (NYSE:MTU) was down. Honda (NYSE:HMC) and Sony (NYSE:SNE) both gained.
The Hang Seng rose 1.6% to 21,830.
The Shanghai Composite was up .3% to 3,164.
Data from Reuters and MarketWatch.
Douglas A. McIntyre
