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Markets in Asia were mostly down.
The Nikkei fell .7% to 17,179. Bridgestone was down .2% to 2365. Canon was down .6% to 6310. Fuji Film was down 1% to 4750. Hitachi was up .8% to 833. Honda was down 1.2% to 4260. NEC was down 1% to 611. NTT was down 1% to 605000. Docomo was down .5% to 211000. Softbank was up .3% to 2930. Sony was down 2.1% to 6110. Toshiba was down .4% to 762. Toyota was down 1.1% to 7790. Yahoo Japan was down .4% to 40500.
The Hang Seng was off .3% to 19,394. Cathay Pacific was up .6% to 19.64. China Mobile was down 1.5% to 68.85. China Netcom was down .8% to 17.45. China Unicom was flat at 8.57. HSBC was down .4% to 137. PCCW was down .4% to 4.69.
The KOSPI was off off .4% to 1,436.
The Straits Times was down .8% to 3,158.
The Shanghai Composite was up .3% to 2,962.
Data from Reuters
Douglas A. McIntyre