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Asia Markets 8/20/2007 Huge Rally

Markets in Asia were sharply higher.

The Nikkei rose 3% to 15,732. Canon (CAJ) was up 7.2% to 5810. NEC (NIPNY) was up 4.8% to 528. Toyota (TM) was up 4.2% to 6450.

The Hang Seng was up 4.8% to 21,366. China Mobile (CHL) was up 5.6% to 85.6. HSBC (HBC) was up 2.6% to 139.3.

The KOSPI was up 5.7% to 1,731.

The Shanghai Composite rose 5.3% to 4,905.

Data from Reuters

Douglas A. McIntyre

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