The Nikkei rose .4% to 10,183. Sony (NYSE:SNE) and Mitsubish UFJ (NYSE:MTU) rose.

The Hang Seng was off 1% to 20,697. HSBC (HNYSE:HBC) dropped.

The Shanghai Composte was .3% to 3,123.

At the open in Europe, the FTSE wsa up .5% to 5,222. The Dax was higher by .7% to 5,873. The CAC 40 was up .6% to 2,817.

Data from MarketWatch and Reuters.

Douglas A. McIntyre

The fell .1% to 10,163. Mitsubishi UFJ (NYSE:MTU) fell.

The Hang Seng was down 1.5% to 21,305.

The Shanghai Composite was lower by 2.3% to 3,179.

At the open in Europe, the FTSE was down .8% to 5,278. The Dax was off .8% to 5,859. The CAC 40 was down .5%.

Data from Reuters and MarketWatch.

Douglas A. McIntyre

The Nikkei .9% to 10,177. Mitshbishi UFJ (NYSE:MTU) rose.

The Hang Seng dropped 1.2% to 21,564. Bank of China (NASDAQ:CHINA) fell.

The Shanghai Composite was down .6% to 3,255.

At the open in Europe, the FTSE was up .1% to 5,289. The Dax rose .1% to 5,877. The CAC 40 was up .1% to 3,838.

Data from Reuters and MarketWatch.

Douglas A. McIntyre

The Nikkei fell a fraction to 10,106. Toyota (NYSE:TM) and Mitisubishi UFJ (NYSE:MTU) fell

The Hang Seng rose .8% to 22,078.

The Shanghai Composite was up 1.7% to 3,303.

At the open in Europe, the FTSE was up 1.3% to 5,330. The Dax was up .9% to 5,809, The CAC 40 rose 1% to 3,841.

Data from Reuters and MarketWatch.

Douglas A. McIntrye

The Nikkei fell 3.2% to 9,082. Honda (NYSE:HMC) and Mitsubishi UFJ (NYSE:MTU) fell.

The Hang Seng dropped 4.8% to 21,135. HSBC (NYSE:HBC) fell sharply.

The Shangai Composite was off 2.4% to 3,096.

At the open in Europe, the FTSE fell .4% to 5,162. The Dax was down .6% to 5,578 and the CAC 40 slipped .5%.

Data from Reuters and MarketWatch.

Douglas A. McIntyre

The Nikkei rose .4% to 9,442. Mitsubishi UFJ (NYSE:MTU) was down. Sony (NYSE:SNE), Toyota (NYSE:TM), and Honda (NYSE:HMC) rose.

The Hang Seng was up .7% to 22,590.

The Shanghai Composite was up 2.1% to 3,291.

At the open in Europe, the FTSE was up .8% to 5,366. The Dax rose .9% to 5,824. The CAC 40 was up .9%.

Data from Reuters and MarketWatch.

Douglas A. McIntyre

The Nikkei was down .5% to 9,498. Sony NYSE:SNE) fell after its investor meeting. Mitsubishi UFJ (NYSE:MTU) gained back some losses.

The Hang Seng fell .7% to 22,451.

The Shanghai Composite was down .4% to 3,308.

At the open in Europe, the FTSE was up .3% to 5,281. The Dax rose .5% to 5,727. The CAC 40 rose .4% to 3,775.

Data from Reuters and MarketWatch.

Douglas A. McIntyre

The Nikkei fell 1.3% to 9,549. Mitsubishi UFJ (NYSE:MTU) fell. Honda (NYSE:HMC) and Toyota (NYSE:TM) fell. Sony (NYSE:SNE) was also off.

The Hang Seng dropped 1% to 22,643. China Mobile (NYSE:CHL) ticked up.

The Shanghai Composite rose .5% to 3,321.

At the open in Europe, the FTSE dropped .2%. The Dax was off .2% to 5,777. The CAC 40 dipped .2% to 3,320.

Data from Reuters and MarketWatch.

Douglas A. McIntyre

Large U.S. banks have raised money to improve their capital position this year, in some cases because the government required them to do so. Bank analysts have worried that a wave of write-downs on commercial real estate and credit card debt might require some big financial firms to go back to the funding well. That raises the question of whether institutional investors still have any appetite for putting money into global banks.

Those concerns about bank funding may have been allayed a bit. Mitsubishi UFJ (NYSE:MTU), the largest bank in Japan and a major investor in Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), is raising $11 billion. The firm has already filed papers with Japan’s Ministry of Finance to sell common shares.

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