Most markets in Asia fell sharply, but Shanghai was up .6% to 3,913.
The Nikkei fell 1.5% to 17,779. Daiwa Securities fell 2.6% to 1347. Honda (HMC) fell 2.8% to 4160. NTT (NTT) fell 2% to 540000. Sony (SNE) fell 2.9% to 6590.
The Hang Seng fell 1.4% to 20,510. China Petroleum (SNP) fell 2.3% to 8.4. China Unicom (CHU) fell 3.7% to 11.08.
Data from Reuters
Douglas A. McIntyre