Asia Markets 2/5/2007 Nissan Down 8%

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Most markets in Asia were down.

The Nikkei fell 1.2% to 17,345. Bridgestone fell 2.1% to 2510. Canon fell 2.4% to 6150. Fuji Film fell 1.8% to 4880. Hitachi fell 3.1% to 787. Honda fell 3.6% to 4530. NEC fell .7% to 592. Nissan fell 8.3% to 1383. NTT fell 2.4% to 610000. Docomo rose 1% to 193000. Sharp fell 1.2% to 2115. Softbank fell .2% to 2890. Sony fell .9% to 5700. Toshiba fell 2.1% to 737. Toyota fell 1.6% to 7820. Yahoo Japan fell 1.4% to 42700.

The Hang Seng dropped .5% to 20,456. Cathay Pacific fell .5% to 20.45. China Mobile fell .3% to 73.5. Chin Netcom fell 1.7% to 20.1. China Unicom fell 2.4% to 10.3. HSBC fell .6% to 142.9. PCCW fell .2% to 4.71.

The KOSPI rose .3% to 1,418.

The Straits Times rose .1% to 3,222,

The Shanghai Composite fell 2.2% to 2,613.

Data from Reuters

Douglas A. McIntyre