Stocks: (CAJ)(FUJ)(HIT)(HMC)(NIPNY)(NTT)(DCM)(SNE)(TM)(CHU)(CHL)(CN)(PCW)(HBC)
Markets in Asia were higher
THe Nikkei rose .8% to 17,292. Bridgestone was up .2% to 2370. Canon was up 1% to 6350. Fuji Film was down 1.4% to 4800. Hitachi was up .6% to 826. Honda was flat at 4310. NEC was up .8% to 617. NTT was up .8% to 611000. Docomo was flat at 212000. Sharp was up 2.5% to 2240. Softbank was down .3% to 2920. Sony was up 1.3% to 6240. Toshiba was down .5% to 765. Toyota was up .3% to 7880. Yahoo Japan was down 2% 40650.
The Hang Seng was up 1.4% to 19,393. Cathay Pacific was up .5% to 19.54. China Mobile was up 2.8% to 68.85. China Netcom was up 3.2% to 17.66. China Unicom was up 4.3% to 9.49. HSBC was up .5% 137.4. PCCW was down .6% to 4.74.
The KOSPI was up 1.3% to 1,441.
The Straits Times was up 1.3% to 3,185.
The Shanghai Composite was up .6% to 2,599.
Data from Reuters
Douglas A. McIntyre