Stocks: (CAJ)(FUJ)(HIT)(HMC)(NTT)(DCM)(SNE)(TM)(CHU)(CHN)(CHL)(PCW)(HBC)
Markets in Asia were sharply higher.
The Nikkei was up 1.6% to 17,010. Bridgestone was up 2.2% to 2325. Canon was up 2.9% to 6440. Fuji Film was up 1.3% to 4760. Hitachi was up 1.1% to 864. Honda was up 1% to 4130. NEC was up 1.2% to 612. NTT was up 1.5% to 604000. Docomo was up 1.9% to 212000. Sharp was up 1.6% to 2230. Softbank was up 3.5% to 3080. Sony was up 2.5% to 6105. Toshiba was up 3% to 792. Toyota was up .8% to 7670. Yahoo Japan was down .3% to 39450.
The Hang Seng was up up 1.5% to 19,237. Cathay Pacific was up 1.1% to 19.12. China Mobile was up 3.5% to 72.2. China Netcom was up 3.7% to 17.44. China Unicom was up 1.9% to 9.56. HSBC was up .6% to 134.5. PCCW was down .2% to 4.65.
The KOSPI was up 1.1% to 1,443.
The Straits Times was up 1.6% to 3,117.
The Shanghai Composite was up 3% to 3,014.
Data from Reuters.
Douglas A. McIntyre