Asia Markets 8/23/2007

August 23, 2007 by Douglas A. McIntyre

Markets in Asia were up sharply.

The Nikkei rose 2.6% to 16,316. Canon (CAJ) was up 5.9% to 6260. Sony (SNE) was up 2.8% to 5440. Toyota (TM) was up 2% to 6080.

The Hang Seng rose 2.3% to 22,639. China Mobile (CHL) was up 3.6% to 95.2. China Petroleum (SNP) was up 3.4% to 8.01.

The Shanghai Composite was up 1.1% to 5,032.

Data from Reuters

Douglas A. McIntyre

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