Asia Markets 5/2/2008 (HMC)(SNE)(LFC)(SNP)

May 2, 2008 by Douglas A. McIntyre

Markets in Asia were sharply higher

The Nikkei rose 2.1% to 14,049. Honda (HMC) rose 3.9% to 3430. Sony (SNE) rose 2.9% to 4920.

The Hang Seng rose 1.8% to 26,225. China Life (LFC) rose 3.9% to 35.10. China Petroleum (SNP) rose 5.2% to 8.70.

The Shanghai Composite was up 4.% to 3,693.

Data from Reuters

Douglas A. McIntyre

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